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Disability Management & Return-to-Work Self-Assessment Tools

Disability Management & Return-to-Work Self-Assessment Tools. Presented by: CEO-RTW Date: January 21, 2010. Establish Goals. Return employees with temporary disabilities or restrictions to temporary modified or alternate positions as soon as practicable (WHA).

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Disability Management & Return-to-Work Self-Assessment Tools

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  1. Disability Management & Return-to-WorkSelf-Assessment Tools Presented by: CEO-RTW Date: January 21, 2010

  2. Establish Goals • Return employees with temporary disabilities or restrictions to temporary modified or alternate positions as soon as practicable (WHA). • Identify the need for reasonable accommodations in a timely manner (Voluntary Request for Reasonable Accommodation form). • Initiate good faith interactive process meetings in a timely manner and always document such meetings. • Return employees with permanent disabilities to sustainable permanent modified or alternate positions. • Comply with statutory requirements and document all attempts to comply with such requirements. • Minimize exposures related to employment practices law suits. Documented actions should speak for themselves.

  3. County of Los Angeles 5.8.010 Policy Statement • See attached

  4. Critical FEHA Compliance Issues • Government Code 12940

  5. One Proposed Method to Self-Assess a RTW Program • Phase I – Structure • Phase II – Disability Management/RTW Files • Communication • Documentation • Timeliness

  6. Evaluating Findings and Gauging Weaknesses • Compiling Phase II Data • Maintaining a RTW File • Work Restriction Letters

  7. And if we do not comply… • Green v. State of California ($3 million judgment) • Snider v. Lager Claim ($1.2 million judgment) • Alberigi v. Sonoma County Claim ($5.2 million judgment) • Welsh v. Anaheim ($6.5 million judgment)

  8. Questions?

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