{"id":841,"date":"2017-04-25T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T20:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2019-03-07T18:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T23:34:37","slug":"light-duty-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/light-duty-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What is light duty at work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3641 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jones-1703X-Docs-orders-COMPRESSED-1-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Jones-1703X-Docs-orders-COMPRESSED-1-300x282\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jones-1703X-Docs-orders-COMPRESSED-1-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jones-1703X-Docs-orders-COMPRESSED-1-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jones-1703X-Docs-orders-COMPRESSED-1-127x120.jpg 127w, https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Jones-1703X-Docs-orders-COMPRESSED-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bw4QIdXysBM<\/p>\n<h2>What are my rights? \u00a0Who decides job requirements? \u00a0What is light duty at work?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Can my employer force me to do a &#8220;made up&#8221; job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodgejones.com\/blog\/light-duty-work\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What is light duty at work?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bw4QIdXysBM What are my rights? \u00a0Who decides job requirements? \u00a0What is light duty at work? 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