Labour-related matters to consider when dealing with employees who have performance difficulties
Thu Oct 22, 17:00 - Thu Oct 22, 19:00
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Join INSTOPP for a Webinar on Labour-related matters to consider when dealing with employees who have performance difficulties, presented by Peter Strasheim (Disability and Human Rights lawyer).
OTs who consult or make recommendations at workplaces need to be able to identify and facilitate solutions that will benefit the disabled employee and their employer.
To be able to do these effectively in the interests of all it is vital to:
Know the different types of workplace difficulties:
- conduct and misconduct
- work and poor performance
- health and ill-health / injury
Recognise which type of difficulty seems to be involved
Identify whether a disability is / may be the cause of the difficulty
Match the OT recommendation to:
- the medical facts / reports
- the difficulty
Understand the role of reasonable accommodation (RA) in supporting employee performance
Promote the employee's right to RAs
Promote the employer's duty to provide RAs
Write reports that will:
- refer to the RA right and duty
- make effective RA recommendations that are not unreasonable or unjustifiably hard to implement
- demonstrate that the RA will not likely to be unjustifiably hard for the employer to provide
- support both the employee'd performance and the employer's need for productivity
Know what to do if a medical recommendation is ignored
Know when to suggest to the employee / family / HR to consider:
- a COIDA claim
- a UIF Sickness Benefit
- an application for an insured disability benefit
- a claim on a private policy of insurance
Date: Thursday 22 October 2020
Time: 17h00 - 19h00
Cost: R350pp
CEUs: 3