Bruce Growick PhD, Vocational Experts of Ohio

Personal Injury: Employability Assessments document what jobs a person can perform if any, how many of these jobs exist in a geographical area, and what these jobs pay given a person's education/ training, past work, and functional limitations. This analysis provides a loss of earning capacity, if any.

Domestic Law/Divorce: Employability Assessments document a spouse's earning potential in terms of jobs that can be performed, how many exist in their geographical area, and their rate of pay. This results in a determination of wage earning capacity that can be used by the courts to calculate both spousal and child support. Spouses cannot be purposefully unemployed or underemployed during domestic proceedings.

Employment Discrimination: Employability Assessments document the plaintiff's ability to obtain “comparable employment” within a specified period of time. The plaintiff in an employment discrimination case has the burden to document employability through a “good faith” job search.”

Disability Determination for Workers' Compensation, Social Security, Veterans' Administration, and Pension Funds: Employability Assessments document an applicant's employability level given their age, education, and past work. Their feasibility for re-employment is determined with job titles and the number of such jobs in the local labor market.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Title I of the ADA states that an employer cannot discriminate against an individual with a qualified disability. An Employability Assessments can assist in determining essential functions of a job, potential work place modifications, and alternative employment options , given a person's past work, education/training, and functional limitations.

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