18 25-50 Years Issue Highlight: Rehabilitation and Return to Work for Veterans (WWII) Industry’s Plan for Reemployment of Disabled Veterans Steps for veteran placement: • Prepare a complete study of those now on leave, indicating with other essential data the position from which each was given leave. • Prepare a survey indicating the extent to which handicapped persons may be utilized. • Review with the medical department for use in examining and placement of the veteran. • Review such data with the safety department for the elimination of hazards or changing the work station or work content to fit the job to the veteran. • Arrange with the training division for the training and supervision in the interviewing, placement, and on-the-job training of the veteran – the most important part of the whole program. • Make and maintain contact with local boards and other government agencies assisting the veteran. Issues of Interest Discussed by the IAIABC Accident Prevention Extraterritorial Coverage Rehabilitation and Return to Work for Veterans (WWII) Prompt Payment of Benefits Vocational Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Centers Medical Costs State Funds and Second Injury Funds

19 1938-1964 Issue Highlight: Extraterritorial Coverage Extraterritorial Coverage was a subject discussed in-depth in the early 1940s. An article in the April, 1940 edition of the ABC Reporter stated: “it would be desirable for each state to have a statutory provision specifying the circumstances under which the law of that state shall have extraterritorial application.“ The same article also stated that it is important that states “have some kind of reciprocity arrangement with other states whose acts also have extraterritorial application.”