Employer Solutions: Helping Employees Transition

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Your Career, Chapter Two: Helping Employees Transition to New Duties

By Alicia Heine, CRC, CCM

ADA Program Consultant
The Hartford

By Dan Vinch, MS, CRC

Vocational Rehabilitation Clinical Manger
The Hartford

Nobody goes into business to fail, so why set your employees up to stumble? Without proper support — and sometimes a Plan B — that can happen to an employee trying to return from a disability leave. The road to recovery can be hard and at times may lead to a different destination. When the returning employee’s abilities cannot meet the demands of the current job, an employer has options:

  • Work together to find the necessary accommodation for that job — the piece that’s at the heart of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • If that is not possible, always consider a different job within the organization which also can be an accommodation under the ADA. This could be a win-win alternative.

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