The WorkSTEPS team is excited to announce major changes to its 2012 symposium schedule! This year, WorkSTEPS will host three (3) 1.5-day regional training programs in three different locations across the country. It’s our hope that by increasing the number of symposiums and shortening the length of the program, we can improve convenience and reduce your travel costs, making it easier for providers to fulfill their obligation to attend one WorkSTEPS symposium every two years.

This year’s program will provide extensive information regarding important changes to protocol, which will be presented during Saturday’s day-long Protocol Refresher Recertification program.

Friday’s half-day seminar on marketing, sales & business development will equip you with valuable information and innovative ideas specifically-designed to improve your sales and marketing efforts.

YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS YEAR’S SYMPOSIUM!!                                                             Sponsored By:
Click Here for the Pre-Registration Form

WorkSTEPS established the program for the Symposium as part of our WorkSTEPS Quality Assurance Program. WorkSTEPS requires that all licensed WorkSTEPS providers attend one symposium every two years to ensure that all providers are up to date on WorkSTEPS’ protocols, procedures, processes and policies. The program provides for consistency in both the delivery of the test and the use of the information obtained from the test in hiring, fitness for duty, and return to work decisions.  With the protocol changes that will take place this year, we strongly urge all of our providers to send at least one representative to a symposium.  You won’t regret the decision and we are confident that you will leave with a greater knowledge of the program and a fresh perspective on marketing efforts!

For questions about the Annual WorkSTEPS Symposiums, please contact Stacy Clark, Promotions /Special Events Director at (512) 617-4100 ext. 202 or via email at stacyc@worksteps.com.

REGISTRATION FEES:
WorkSTEPS Symposium – $295.00
(1 1/2-Day Conference)

One-Day Registration – $225.00
(Saturday only)

PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

CHARLOTTE, NC – APRIL 20-21, 2012
Embassy Suites Charlotte
4800 S. Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC  28217
Discounted Room Rate=$114
Reference: WorkSTEPS

ST. LOUIS, MO – JUNE 22-23, 2012
Embassy Suites Hotel
11237 Lone Eagle Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Discounted Rate=$104
Reference: WorkSTEPS

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 2012 (exact dates to be determined)

MORE DETAILS TO COME – STAY TUNED!

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In this newsletter:

• From Jackson Lewis’ Workplace Resource Center:
  Testing Protocol for Lawful Drugs Illegal ADA Exam and Inquiry
• Employer Utilizing WorkSTEPS is Missouri’s “Best in Safety”
• What the National Amputee Golf Association is doing…Handicap is just a number for amputee golfers
• 2011 Annual ACE Award Winners

WorkSTEPS Management is excited about the new format for next year’s symposiums!  To help our providers with travel costs and convenience, we will be changing things up a bit!  WorkSTEPS will be hosting 3 -  1 1/2-day regional programs in THREE locations!

Below are the dates for the symposiums.  All three symposiums will be hosted at any Embassy Suites Hotel, including a 2-room suite, complimentary cook-to-order breakfast, complimentary manager’s reception with cocktails and appetizers and many more amenities!

CHARLOTTE, NC – April 20-21, 2012

ST. LOUIS, MO – June 22-23, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV – (exact dates to be determined)

Hotel rates will be between $99-$135 with the group rate. 

STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!!

The top five injury causes, overexertion, fall on same level, bodily reaction, struck by object, and fall to lower level, accounted for 71% of the total 2008 cost burden.

Overexertion, which includes injuries related to lifting, pushing, pulling, holding, carrying, or throwing, maintained its first place rank, costing businesses $13.40 billion in direct costs. Consistent with past years, this event category accounted for more than one- quarter of the overall national burden.

Contact WorkSTEPS to find out how you can decrease incidence and costs related to overexertion injuries in your workplace!

Larry Feeler is a physical therapist, a certified ergonomic assessment specialist (CEAS) and is the founder and President of Odessa Physical Therapy, as well as founder and CEO of WorkSTEPS. He is the president of Wellness and Excellence Rehab Center in Tempe, Arizona. He has been a consulting teacher for Odessa College and Texas Tech Physical Therapy Programs. served as president and district chair of the local physical therapy district, served on the Advisory Committee of the Odessa College Physical Therapy Assistant Program. and volunteered as the sports trainer tor Midland Christian School He recently served on the committee to host “Walk On” which is a horse back riding event for physically challenged children and young adults, He currently serves as a board member of Sherwood Christian School where his children attend school in Odessa Professionally, Mr. Feeler has served as a board member and PAC chairman of the Texas Physical Therapy Association’s Government Affairs Committee, as a consultant to the Texas Industrial Accident Board, as a consultant to the World Safety Organization, as a faculty member and consultant to the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, as a certified claims reviewer for the Texas Physical Therapy Association, and was recently awarded the “Distinguished Alumni’ Award from the University of Texas Medical Branch. He has spoken on nationally syndicated television programs, was invited to testify at the OSHA hearings in Washington regarding the proposed “Ergonomic Standard”, and has been a keynote and invited speaker for hundreds of seminars throughout the United States teaching thousands of students, employers, employees, business organizations and others about the business and processes developed in Odessa. Texas, He has authored in texts such as “Spine” and “State of the Art Reviews”, publications such as the “Journal of Disability”, Occupational Health and Safety”, “Rehab Management” and many more. Mr. Feeler currently serves on the American Physical Therapy’s Occupational Health Special Interest Group which provides guidelines for functional testing to the profession. He also currently serves as a board member to the Richard J. Pimentel Foundation that trains and enlists employers who hire veterans with post traumatic stress disorder.

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In this newsletter:

• LARRY FEELER, WorkSTEPS, Inc. – Odessa Chamber of Commerce 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year
• From Jackson Lewis’ Workplace Resource Center:
  City May Require Doctor’s Note from Workers Returning from Sick Leave, Federal Court Rules
• SPORTEX SAFETY – Maintaining Health Body Temps at Work
• THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AT THIS YEAR’S SYMPOSIUM!

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In this newsletter:

• From Jackson Lewis’ Disability, Leave and Health Management Blog:
  EEOC RELEASES NEW ADA REGULATIONS, IMPLEMENTING 2008 ADA AMENDMENTS ACT
• From the Desk of Larry Feeler:
  “Missing Link” Significantly Impacts Waste in Work Injury Management”
• WS Annual Symposium – May 4-6, 2011: Lake Buena Vista, FL
• The National Amputee  Golf Association – First Swing Program

http://LP.swiftpage.com/LP/2X0N3JAM/2011Newsletter-February

In this newsletter:

• From the Desk of Larry Feeler
• From Jackson Lewis’ Workplace Resource Center:
  Meet GINA: In Casual Conversation, Keep it General to Keep it Lawful
• WorkSTEPS Annual Symposium – May 4-6, 2011 – Orlando, FL
• WorkSTEPS Corporate Staff Giving Back to the Community – Meals on Wheels and More

In this newsletter:

• Welcome
• From Jackson Lewis’ Workplace Resource Center:
  Worker Who Cannot Perform Essential Job Function Has No Disability Accommodation Claim, Federal Court Says
• New Website
• Our Founder Reaching Others: Healing for Haiti