The disabled workforce
Subtitle: what the ADA never anticipated
By: by Rachel Shaw
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781544708591
Subjects: Risk management; Law and legislation; Workers' compensation; Employment; Personnel management; People with disabilities
Other titles: Disabled workforce : what the Americans with Disabilities Act never anticipated
Description: An expert in the Americans with Disablities Act (ADA) and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Rachel Shaw is the foremost executive-level human resources compliance trainer in the country. As principal for Shaw HR Consulting for more than 15 years, she has helped thousands of public and private sector employers to manage their most challenging personnel issues related to disability compliance, leave management, and workers' compensation. Now, with The Disabled Workforce, Rachel has written the book on ADA compliance, using straight talk to clarify confusing and complicated disability discrimination laws, while revealing her signature methods for managing the disability interactive process and its many challenges, including leave management, discipline issues, mental disabilites, fraudulent claims, and more. Inside are practical tools and easy-to-follow strategies for employers who navigate the interconnected roles of human resources, workers' compensation, and disability compliance. By applying Rachel's revolutionary Disability Interactive Process Hallway", your organization will pinpoint legitimate accommodation requests and develop creative solutions while weeding out inappropriate claims. This proven approach saves organizations condiserable time and money, reduces litigation, and improves employee-employer relations. The Disabled Workforce is an indispensable tool for human resources and risk management professionals to master ADA compliance while nurturing their diverse and dynamic workforces. -- back cover.
Notes: "A practical guide to help employers manage the growing requests for workplace accommodations"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Contents : -- Introduction -- One:; title: A brief history of the ADA and the state of disability acoommodations today -- -- Two:; title: Title I of the ADA: Understanding employer obligations and triggers to act -- -- Three:; title: Disability interactive process hallway, Part 1: Long-term / high-touch approach -- -- Four:; title: Disability interactive process hallway, Part 2: Short-term / low-touch approach -- -- Five:; title: Making reasonable accommodation decisions: what is reasonable, anyway? -- -- Six:; title: Fitness for duty examinations: a tool to move through Door #1 -- -- Seven:; title: How to manage mental disabilities in the workplace -- -- Eight:; title: "My disability made me do it": when disability and discipline collide -- -- Nine:; title: Workers' compensation and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act -- -- Ten:; title: Leave management challenges: The "Friday, Monday Leave Act"? -- -- Eleven:; title: Pre-employment / Post-offer medical examinations and the ADA -- -- Twelve:; title: Conclusion : why we do this work ---- Appendix-- Index.