Is my employer obligated to find an alternative form of light duty for me to perform until I am able to return to my regular job duties?
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Is my employer obligated to find an alternative form of light duty for me to perform until I am able to return to my regular job duties?
I was injured performing my regular duties.
Asked on August 23, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Kansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
The employer needs to accomodate you IF it can do so reasonably. In the context of light duty, that means if that if you have some work restrictions, IF there is a way you can do your job--the one you were hired for--in a "light duty" fashion, it needs to let you. But it does not need to give you a different job than the one you had, make up a new, light duty job, or pay you if you can't do the job you were hired for.
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