Let’s “voc” (pronounced VOKE) him! – a Vocational Rehabilitation referral is frequently used as the last ditch effort to settle a case if nothing else…
On June 25, OSHA announced it was going to focus on injury prevention procedures and equipment used in hospitals and nursing care centers by doing…
Recently a court case was brought to my attention. A worker for the US Postal Service had filed a complaint with the EEOC that she…
The WorkSTEPS test is an objective assessment tool; either a candidate can perform the job safely or they cannot, or they have a medical condition…
Well, it has happened… A trusted employee has sustained an injury and the worker’s comp process has begun. The employee has seen doctors, perhaps has…
As a follow up to our previous articles of “ADA and Return to Work”, the importance of having an interactive dialogue with workers who mention…
An “invalid” Functional Capacity Evaluation is always a little exasperating for those who handle worker’s comp cases. Common reactions to an invalid FCE include: “NOW…
Recently, we analyzed some of our data from work conditioning and determined some interesting outcomes: For the referrals that Job Ready has received for work…
The topic of ergonomics seems to be popular right now, especially in the workplace. This allows opportunities for exploring some viable ergonomic changes that…