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Fitness for Duty Evaluations
Bridging the employers world to the alien planet known as the treating physician
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Fit for Duty Evaluation
• To the best of our ability assuring employees are physically and mentally capable of performing their jobs with the least risk of harm or injury to themselves or others
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ADA
• Only evaluate for essential job functions• Objective reason for evaluation• Failure based on affected body part
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How do you help those in the medical community understand the essential job
functions of your employees?
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Breaking the Barrier
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Electrician
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• Packet to physician– Job description (analysis)– Copy of testing criteria– Letter to physician (response)
Packet is mailed to treating physician when notice of pending full duty release at next appointment is received by disability services.
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Fitness for Duty Candidates
Post OfferReturn to Work•Disability•Workers CompJob transfer or bidFor cause
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Making the most of your findings RTW
•What they cannot do yet (tasks)•What they can do (in real work terms)•Accommodations•Work Hardening programs:In‐houseOutside•Communication with physician•Share findings•Gain credentials•Maintain safe environment for employee and peers
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In‐house
No weather problems
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Duplicate the forces
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Generation Plants
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Jobs
•Lineman•Groundman•Meterman•Meter reader•Mechanic•Logistics•Field Metering Spec.•Substation ‐3
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Found unable to perform all essential job functions
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disability
WC
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Chose not to return to work after physician received job analysis and met with employee.
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Failed criteria?
• Work hardening – On the Job• Work hardening – outside source• Continue on STD or begin LTD• Retest (six weeks)
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Company to Doctor Communication
The PT director communicates with the treating physician with results.
Conversation addresses those criteria not passed.
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Monitor and teach
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Questions
• A question is an illocutionary act that has a directive illocutionary point of attempting to get the addressee to supply information.