United Parcel Service of America, Inc. v. Godwin

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This appeal from the Worker’s Compensation Commission * challenges the commission’s decision reinstating compensation benefits and requiring the employer to provide rehabilitation services. The employer contends that the employee refused selective employment and that the commission had no authority to order that the employer retrain the employee because the employee had sufficient marketable skills to obtain employment. We hold that the commission did not err in finding that the employee did not unjustifiably refuse selective employment and that the commission was authorized…