This is a scanned image of a screen print I received from the Dept of L&I. If you will notice in the top right corner of the document the date and time of this entry into the computer system was 09/14/01, 09:45:11.5. About the middle of the printed information on the left it shows the CERT EFCTIV DATE: 03/01/01 the date the program was back dated due to the claim having already been closed as of 03/02/01. The VRC NAME: JACOBSEN MARK E VRC is the individual who did this, his reason for doing this, "I did it as a favor to the employer". This made the employer who received the favor non-liable for any monetary judgements caused by my new claim, filed 08/27/01. In the following information below is the guidelines for the Prefered Workers Program, which shows that to qualify as an preferred worker you must:
Labor and Industries gives preferred worker certificates to workers with open claims recovering from industrial injuries or occupational diseases if they:
(my claim was closed, backdating does wonders.)
Must change employers to obtain suitable work
(my employer at the time kept me on their payroll, on light duty, to avoid the monetary rise of their L&I premiums.)
Are recommended for preferred worker status by the vocational counselors to help them compete in the labor market
(closed claim, no vocational counselor ever assigned. The program was requested by an representative of the employer.)
Are seeking work
(well now.... when the program was entered into the system I was seeking work, but not what the Dept. of L&I would qualify as eligible for the program. Mark Jacobsen himself told me that.)
31 District Representative Dan Roach had a few questions he addressed in a letter to the Dept. of L&I.
I asked for a Vocational Counselor and was told, by Mark Jacobsen, that I do not qualify for, and that he does not have the authority to assign me, one. That is done by the Claims Manager. My injury did not qualify me for any of the preferred worker program benefits, it was done as "a favor to the employer".
My loss is the fact that my attending physician took me off work due to an industrial injury, the Dept. of L&I broke their own rules to do a favor for the employer and has denied my claim, my time loss benefits and any of the vocational rehabilation benefits that would come from the preferred worker program.
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