From the Desk of Larry Feeler Welcome to the WorkSTEPS WorkNEWS. Always striving to stay connected with our network and employers, WorkSTEPS introduces a monthly e-newsletter with information that relates to functional testing and safer workplaces. Our goal is to provide our clients with an education to help them to be on the forefront of emerging legal issues, new laws, and trends that impact the use and management of our functional testing products. We welcome any suggestions for articles or research that will benefit our employers and provider network. Through communication and continuing education, we will better ensure the quality of our process across the nation.
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From Jackson Lewis' Workplace Resource Center
Worker Who Cannot Perform Essential Job Function Has No Disability Accommodation Claim, Federal Court Says
By: Kristin S. Bell and Michael A. Griffin Date: 1/18/2011
The duty to reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability does not include ignoring the essential functions of a job, a federal district court in Washington has ruled. McEnroe v. Microsoft Corp., No. CV-09-5053-LRS (E.D. Wash. Nov. 18, 2010). The court granted summary judgment to the employer on the plaintiff-employee’s failure-to-accommodate claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Washington Law Against Discrimination. Click here to read full article
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New Website WorkSTEPS has been working diligently to bring a new look to WorkSTEPS.com. Check out what has been refreshed and revised. We hope that the website will provide an ongoing, educational resource for our providers and employers about what we do and topics that relate to functional testing and workplace injury management.
Click below to visit our website:
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Our Founder Reaching Others
Healing for Haiti
An Apple a Day Magazine
by: Larry Feeler, PT, CEAS - co-written by Angelina Christopher My experience with Haiti started in February when my daughter Rachel, a registered nurse, called me and said she would be spending her vacation working at the Mission of Hope hospital in Haiti for nine days. I was instantly touched and so proud of her, but also very afraid for her safety, as she would be going only five weeks after the earthquake. When she arrived, she discovered a nation rich in beauty, but desperate in daily life. She described the Mission compound where she was working as a hospital, medical clinic, and orphanage spanning over 100 acres in the foothills approximately 20 miles from Port Au Prince, Haiti. All the buildings on campus were destroyed except the housing for the children and the school. School was cancelled and the classrooms soon became the medical triage and the hospital. Mattresses were placed on the floor and were quickly filled with the injured and ill people, many of them who had not been treated at all since the quake.
Click Here to read the full article
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UPCOMING EVENTS WorkSTEPS Training
Feb. 25-27, 2011
Odessa, TX
April 1-2, 2011
Dallas, TX
May 4-5, 2011
Orlando, FL
Employer Seminars
March 15, 2011
Montoursville, PA
Lindee Greer, Speaker
March 17, 2011
Towanda, PA
Lindee Greer, Speaker
WorkSTEPS Annual Symposium
May 4-6, 2011
Orlando, FL
At-A-Glance
May 4-5 - New Provider Training
May 5 - Employer Conference - Updates on the ADAAA -
Frank Alvarez, Attorney | JL
and more!
May 5-6 - Provider Conference
(For more information, contact Stacy Clark at 512-617-4100 x202 or stacyc@worksteps.com.
Walt Disney Swan & Dolphin
Click Here for Reservations at a discounted rate!
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TECHNOLOGY CORNER
Hello All!
The CFO has loosened the purse strings and software programming has begun. Over the next month or so, you’ll begin seeing subtle changes to the online testing software. Many of the changes are issues reported by providers, some are upgrades, and others are being made because our attorneys raised a ruckus. By March 14th, 2011, we should be completed, and at that time we’ll post the updated data entry forms on the server for download. WorkSTEPS values your comments, suggestions, and notification of issues with the software; please keep them coming. We may not be able to implement them all, but we do keep them on file and review them regularly. Thank you for your continued support of the WorkSTEPS Program! Stephen Carson Chief Operations Officer
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EXPANSION
We are currently working on implementing or expanding testing programs for 38 Corporate Employer Clients, both national and regional during the first quarter of 2011.
WorkSTEPS has added new Provider locations this month in:
| California | New York | | Florida | North Dakota | | Georgia | Oklahoma | | Illinois | South Carolina | | Kansas | Texas | | Minnesota | West Virginia | | Mississippi | Wyoming | | Montana | |
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