How fitness-for-duty exams can prevent worker's comp claims

摘要

There's a simple way to avoid many workers' compensation claims: Don't put the wrong worker to work. The "wrong worker," simply put, is anyone who is physically unable to perform essential job functions. Fitness-for-duty exams can help you identify the wrong worker. In doing so, they can protect your employees from injury - and you from your next workers' comp claim. Many different tests are considered fitness-for-duty exams, including the following: 1. Return to work: Conducted if you doubt whether an employee is ready to come back after an injury, even though the worker's doctor has given the all clear. 2. Job performance: Conducted if you're concerned that an employee cannot perform the functions of the job or that an employee can't perform up to the standards of other workers.