Disability Management – Theory, Strategy and Industry Practice, 6th Edition

Soaring disability costs can take a big chunk out of company profits.
The good news is that Integrated Disability Management Programs can reduce disability costs by 19%-25%, and employee benefit costs by 15%-35%. The Sixth Edition of Disability Management – Theory, Strategy and Industry Practice is the perfect resource tool for creating, implementing, and understanding how to integrate an Integrated Disability Management Program with other workplace programs, and provide proven management solutions to Canadian employers.

Features

• Provides a step-by-step approach on how to plan, design, implement, operate, evaluate, and continuously improve an Integrated Disability Management Program
• Features related policies, practice standards and procedures
• Offers practical advice on how to integrate the Integrated Disability Management Program with other workplace programs such as the employee assistance, human resources, occupational health & safety, attendance control programs and workplace wellness programs
• Offers charts, tables, illustrations and case studies in providing clear guidance, instruction and helpful advice
• Provides expert guidance on marketing disability management programs and communicating results, disability management education, illness and injury prevention techniques, disability management best practices, and the law concerning disability management and effective management of psychological disabilities in the workplace
• Answers important questions on effective management of all types of disability management claims and cases, disability management best practices, nursing best practices, ethical and legal considerations, cultural implications, and outsourcing approaches and techniques
• Covers professional skill development topics in career development, internal and external consulting skills, and disability management educational opportunities

New in this Edition

• All 34 chapters updated for 2017 containing the latest disability management figures and statistics, while drawing together theory and industry practices, with greater focus on applicable tools
• New chapter on supporting disciplines such as Occupational Health Professionals, Ergonomists, Toxicologists and HR professionals
• New chapter on Effective Communication and Risk Management and Risk Communication
• Updates to chapter on the law of disability management, including discussion of new case law duty to accommodate in the workplace, union employees, termination of employment updates to human rights legislation
• Updates on the chapter covering the impact of now five generations (as of 2016) in the workplace on disability management programs – in the previous it was only four
• Re-written overview chapter detailing the cornerstone elements of successful Disability Management Programs

Who Will Benefit

• Employers, employees, unions, disability management practitioners/professionals, disability claims managers, human resources professionals, workgroups, and employee benefits consultants – to assist in creating or operating an Integrated Disability Management Program
• Lawyers – to advise employers and employees in this area
• Rehabilitation specialists and occupational health professionals (including nurses, therapists and physicians) – to assist employees in rehabilitation and return-to-work activities
• Safety professionals and wellness coordinators – to seek ways to prevent and/or mitigate workplace injury, illness occurrence and costs
• Government ministries
• Law libraries
• Academic – particularly schools offering courses on disability management programs