Disability Management Policy

Employment and Workplace, Health and Safety

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Department/Division	Finance and Corporate Services
Description	The City of St. John’s Disability Management Policy is designed to promote employee health and recovery from disability(injury/illness) through early intervention and active case management along with opportunities for early and safe return to work. The effective reintegration of our employees with disabilities minimizes the loss of expertise and productive potential for the City. The Disability Management Program is co-operative, consistent and uses modified work, ease back, rehabilitation strategies, job placement and follow-up to ensure that a disabled employee remains at work or quickly returns to safe, productive and meaningful work. The employer is required to accommodate an employee up to the point of undue hardship as prescribed in the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act and the Human Rights Act. For the purposes of this policy a Disability is defined as any impairment arising out of any work or non work related illness, injury or disease which prevents an employee from performing his/her essential job functions.

Department/Division

Finance and Corporate Services

Description

The City of St. John’s Disability Management Policy is designed to promote employee health and recovery from disability(injury/illness) through early intervention and active case management along with opportunities for early and safe return to work. The effective reintegration of our employees with disabilities minimizes the loss of expertise and productive potential for the City. The Disability Management Program is co-operative, consistent and uses modified work, ease back, rehabilitation strategies, job placement and follow-up to ensure that a disabled employee remains at work or quickly returns to safe, productive and meaningful work. The employer is required to accommodate an employee up to the point of undue hardship as prescribed in the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act and the Human Rights Act. For the purposes of this policy a Disability is defined as any impairment arising out of any work or non work related illness, injury or disease which prevents an employee from performing his/her essential job functions.

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