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The
WorkSTEPS Employment Testing Program is truly unique and deserves your thoughtful
investigation of its benefit for your company. The effectiveness of the
Program in reducing work place injury incidence and costs has been
substantially documented through cost savings incurred by industries
which have utilized the Program, testimonials
to which are included in this site.
The WorkSTEPS Program
was developed in response to industry's need for reliable,
medically/legally defensible employment testing programs which could
effectively reduce work place injury incidence and work place injury
costs. The Program, which is based upon objective scientific data, and
collection, conforms fully to EEOC Guidelines for application of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Implementation of the
WorkSTEPS Program has enabled hundreds of industries to realize
significant work place injury incidence and injury cost reductions. The
data generated by the WorkSTEPS Program has been used to successfully
litigate fraudulent injury claims, and to establish a basis for legitimate
settlements of bonafide work place injury claims.
In the first court case
involving WorkSTEPS data, an employee seeking $1.2 million in
compensation, received a jury award of only $22,000, for medical
services and legal fees, based primarily upon pre-existing condition
data recorded during the WorkSTEPS testing of the employee.
Employers benefit by matching
the physical demand levels (how much one can safely lift) of the
specific job to the physical capabilities of the employee, which
reduces injury incidence and decreases employee turnover. The WorkSTEPS
Test also assists in eliminating fraudulent claims and in establishing
a basis for legitimately controlling bonafide claims. The information
is retained for comparison to post-injury employee data and establishes
a basis developing objective data based rehabilitation and return to
work programs.
In
addition to the "essential function" component necessary to
make hiring recommendations in accordance with the ADA, WorkSTEPS also
performs a comprehensive battery of additional medical and functional
performance tests on each employee. This medical and functional data
cannot be used to withdraw an offer of employment tendered an employee,
but it can be used to establish baseline capabilities of an employee.
This facilitates detection of existing impairments and other medical
and physical conditions of the employee.
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Components of the
WorkSTEPS Employment Test include:
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- Musculoskeletal
evaluation including assessments of range of motion, strength,
posture, and joint integrity.
- Cardiovascular
status, including recovery condition, blood pressure, and heart
rate.
- Static
(isometric) and Dynamic (isotonic) strength evaluation of the
back and extremities, with analysis for deficits and/or
abnormalities, and with resultant comparative analysis to our
database containing information from thousands of employees
tested.
- Medical
Clearance protocol for "over-use syndrome" (i.e.
carpal tunnel syndrome).
- Job Specific
or job simulation components (essential functions) includes
instruction in proper body mechanics and lifting techniques.
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Following completion of the
test, results are entered into the WorkSTEPS data base, which provides a
profile of each individual employee according to the physical demand
levels of each specific job. The WorkSTEPS Program generates extremely
specific comparisons based on any number of collected data parameters.
The reports generated also establish the baseline medical and
functional capabilities of the employee for comparison to future,
post-injury data.
The relationship with
WorkSTEPS continues after the Employment Test, as WorkSTEPS continues
to work with employers to assist them with ADA and related employer/employee
issues.
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