Disability Management – A Roadmap to Successful Compliance

 

The relatively new field of disability management is based on case law and industry practises; hence, it is an evolving field. With disparate elements like the duty to accommodate provisions, privacy legislation, workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety acts all at play – not to mention the ethical issues surrounding this field – successfully applying disability management practises can be a precarious balancing act for human resources, occupational health and safety practitioners, lawyers, unions and labour relations personnel alike. Butterworths new single volume looseleaf service, Disability Management Compliance Manual, provides a much needed roadmap for assisting companies to not only understand the law in this area, but also how to responsibly apply it.

 

Author Dianne Dyck and an experienced, multi-disciplinary team of co-authors provide expertise in health care, occupational health and safety services, labour and employment law, human rights legislation, and privacy law. The resulting publication is a timely and indispensable step-by-step guide that offers readers real world examples of compliance programs that make sense.

 

Features and Benefits

 

As the most comprehensive – and current – text on this topic, the Disability Management Compliance Manual provides much needed guidance in the area of disability management. It arms readers with:

 

• Timely analysis – with two to three updates annually to this looseleaf service, readers receive current information on this evolving field
• Step-by-step advice – all aspects of developing and maintaining an integrated disability management program are covered
• Industry examples – real world case studies and industry best practices provide readers with templates to help launch and operate their own program
• Relevant legislation – an accompanying CD-ROM features key statutes such as the Canada Labour Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act

 

Tackling the Key Challenges

 

Disability Management Compliance Manual covers the most relevant issues relating to disability management, helping the reader to understand:

 

• The key principles of disability management and the elements of an integrated disability management program

• How to gather accurate data and use it effectively to evaluate your program
• The financial effect that an integrated disability management program can have on an organization’s bottom-line
• The connection between an integrated disability management program and other corporate programs such as human resources, occupational health and safety, employee assistance, and workplace wellness; and how to properly integrate these programs
• How to work through ethical dilemmas that are inherent when running an integrated disability management program

 

An Invaluable Resource For

 

• Occupational health and safety practitioners – who provide Workers’ Compensation and non-occupational claim management and case management

• Human resources departments – who are charged with overseeing an integrated disability management program
• Employment lawyers – who need to help companies deal with disability management disputes
• Unions and associations – who have a legal obligation under the duty to accommodate legislation to help employers get employees back into the workplace
• In-house counsel – who are grappling to get a handle on this relatively new field