This allows a company to take on a person with a tbi and allow him to work for free, so that he can test his capacities and improve them through challenge, without having the burden of justifying a salary of fearing termination because his work is flawed by slowness, errors or lack of completeness. The waiver enables a company to have someone work for them without having to pay a salary in the name of rehabilitation. This is typically accomplished with the help of a licensed vocational rehabilitation counselor who contacts the company and negotiates the terms of the plan. As a statistical matter, most of them do not return to work, and rehabilitation professionals usually look for ways to get them involved in volunteer work, social and recreational activities, or both. However, there are some remarkable exceptions.
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Many contemporary employers are less patient and less forgiving than those of old. Our office has had a number of clients get reassigned, demoted, layed off or terminated upon attempting a return to work, especially those in small dot com businesses . What an employer can do to limit or terminate your employment after a tbi is governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Our office refers clients with ADA issues to sub-specialist attorneys in that area of the law. It should be noted that some old, established corporations with large work forces have been very supportive of our clients' resumption of work following a tbi.