"In 1982, the Legislature effectively displaced the common-law doctrine with the enactment of a statutory approach that drew heavily upon the favored-work doctrine [3] (now called``reasonable employment""[ 4] )."
"The legislation stated that, as a prerequisite to being considered a participant in reasonable employment (MCL 418.301 [5] ) [5] an employee must first suffer a``disability ,""as defined in MCL 418.301 (4)."