Dealing with medical issues and reasonable accommodation in the workplace is a frequent part of the work of human resource practitioners, supervisors, and managers. Balancing the employer's need to get the work done and the requirement to reasonably accommodate physical or mental disabilities is important to both the employee and the organization--and it can be challenging.

This course is based on the regulations of the Office of Personnel Management and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and upon the case law of the Merit Systems Protection Board, the EEOC and the Courts.

This 2-day course is designed to give you an overall understanding of "reasonable accommodation" and of the relationship between medical issues and reasonable accommodation. In addition, it is designed to give you a step-by-step guide regarding how to reasonably accommodate, regarding when discipline is appropriate in cases involving medical issues, and how to deal with cases involving drug and alcohol abuse.

In addition, the course outlines the relationship between discipline and retirement and steps to take in returning employees to work from the Workers' Compensation rolls.


Day 1

• Fitness for Duty Examinations: Regulatory Requirements
  Physical Examinations
  Psychiatric Examinations
  
• Obtaining Acceptable Medical Evidence
• Required Actions When an Employee Asks for Special Consideration
  
  
• Taking Disciplinary Action Involving Medical Issues
  When an Employee Has a Physical/Mental Impairment Affecting Conduct and Performance
  When an Employee Uses Excessive Amounts of Leave
  
• Interim Actions While Awaiting Medical Evidence
• Reasonable Accommodation Requirements

Day 2

• Discipline in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Cases
• Discipline and Disability Retirement
• Discontinued Service Retirement for Medical Reasons
• Returning Injured Employees to Work