Return to Work Incentive

For injuries on or after January 1, 2013, the Legislature has created a fund to separately compensate injured workers who are disproportionately affected by their injury because they cannot return to work.

The $120 million funding program, provided through the state of California, is known as the Return-to-Work Supplement Program. It is funded through a surcharge on employers' insurance premiums.

The program provides a $5,000 payment to workers injured on or after January 1, 2013, who have received a $6,000 Supplemental Job Displacement Voucher from their employer.¹ The