How Do You Implement A Disability Management Program?
• Obtain a management commitment to do Disability Management (DM). To succeed, the DM program must have top management’s support. The commitment should be documented. • Decide on the level of the commitment. The number of employees will dictate how the program develops. Companies with a large number of employees will be able to support the process with full-time employees and in-house resources. Small companies can achieve the same outcomes by contracting for community-based expertise and resources on an as-needed basis. In either case, the services to employees are the same. • Setup a Wellness program. The first service that should be implemented is a Wellness program. Illness and accident prevention are the single most important factor in the DM process. One important aspect of wellness in the workplace is “Presenteeism.” Presenteeism is the name used to describe an employee who comes to work with contagious issues like flu, thereby infecting other employees, thereby affecting produc
