Suitable gainful employment definition
Suitable gainful employment means employment which is reasonably attainable and which offers an opportunity to restore the qualified worker as soon as possible and as nearly as possible to employment with the claimant’s qualifications, including but not limited to the claimant’s age, education, previous work history, interests and skills. Special consideration shall also be given to the economic level of the claimant at the time of injury and to the present and future labor markets, to attempt to restore him/her to the maximum level attainable.
Suitable gainful employment means employment or self-employment within the geographical area where the employee resides, which is reasonably attainable and which offers an opportunity to restore the employee's earnings capacity as nearly as possible to that level which the employee was earning at the time of injury and to return the employee to the active labor force as quickly as possible in a cost-effective manner, giving due consideration to the employee's qualifications, interests, incentives, future earnings capacity, and the present and future labor market.
Suitable gainful employment means employment which restores the injured worker as closely as possible to his or her pre-injury level of earnings. If this is not possible, suitable gainful employment means other work for which the employee is, or may become, suited by training, experience, or education, but not limited by his or her previous level of earnings.
More Definitions of Suitable gainful employment
Suitable gainful employment means disability of such an extent that the disabled employee has no reasonable prospect of finding regular employment of any kind in the normal labor market.
Suitable gainful employment means employment which is reasonably attainable and which offers an opportunity to restore the injured employee as soon as possible and as nearly as possible to employment which produces an economic status as close as possible to that which the employee would have enjoyed without disability. Consideration shall be given to the employee's former employment and the employee's qualifications, including, but not limited to, the employee's age, education, previous work history, interests, and skills (Minnesota Rules Part 5220.0100, Subp. 34).
Suitable gainful employment means employment or self-employ- ment that is reasonably attainable in light of the employee’s age, education,