Human Resources Guide To Managing Disability In The Workplace

Disability management programs are deemed successful when they can demonstrate an increased rate of successful return for sick and injured workers, a shortened absence of ill and injured workers, a measurable decrease in workplace disability costs, improved employee morale, and stable or increased productivity levels. This book provides Canadian HR staff the information and tools needed to manage disability programs effectively.

Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns. Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns while providing valuable guidelines for employers in the management of disability-related issues in the workplace.

Comprises 26 essays which discuss the role of workplace-based disability management programmes in removing barriers to return to work and increasing the labour force participation of persons with disabilities.

Topics covered include defining the duty to accommodate, undue hardship, specific accommodation challenges such as age, disabilities, pregnant employee, family, Creed, substance abuse.

Disability Management is perceived and understood to be an important approach to reducing the negative impact, for workers and the company, of absence due to illness and accidents, and to assisting those with disabilities to enter or re-enter the workplace. Disability Management has already become established in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Recently European countries have begun to promote the approach in order to reduce illness related expenses and avoid unemployment, early retirement and costs to the welfare state. In Disability Management and Workplace Integration leading researchers from around the World consider the development of Disability Management over the last three decades. They examine the on-going debate about methodology and implementation of disability management strategies and programmes, highlighting the critical debate about the implications of a stricter cost-benefit approach to Disability Management theory and practice. Professionals involved in workplace integration, researchers approaching workplace integration from a variety of perspectives such as sociology; rehabilitative medicine; psychology; education; social policy; and economics, and students on a range of courses, will appreciate this valuable book.