The Office of Disability and Employment Policy (ODEP) recently released an online return-to-work toolkit designed to educate employers and employees about the return-to-work process and inform both groups of their rights and responsibilities following an employee's disability-related leave of absence.
Resources in the employee portion of the toolkit include information about job accommodation, preparing for a job interview, resume writing, self-employment and employment-related laws. The employer portion of the toolkit features topics ranging from modifying work duties and helping disabled employees perform essential job functions to reducing workers' compensation costs. It also provides overviews of employers' obligations under federal laws including the FMLA, ADA, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and workers' compensation laws.
Access the resource at www.dol.gov/odep/return-to-work
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