Every employment decision poses a risk. Laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act have changed forever how employers qualify new hires and respond to injured workers.
WorkSTEPS® was developed to meet a critical employer need – to create medically safe, legally compliant, scientific, and objective means of matching a worker’s functional capabilities with the essential functions of the job.
WorkSTEPS®’ system of standardized, pre- and post-offer, fit-for-duty, functional capacity, and upper quadrant/carpal tunnel tests is currently being utilized by employers nationwide.
Employers implementing WorkSTEPS® in their comprehensive prevention and work injury management programming are experiencing average work injury reductions of 50% during the first year of implementation with continued reductions in the second and third years. WorkSTEPS® clients can expect reduced modifier rates, reductions in lost time, increased worker productivity, decreased turnover, and diminished incidences of fraud and abuse. And the employees will be safer!
WorkSTEPS® establishes functional testing as a foundation for hiring, fit-for-duty, and return-to-work programs. WorkSTEPS® significantly reduces incidences and costs related to work injuries by:
- Appropriately matching employees to the essential functions of the job
- Expediting safe return to work
- Supplying objective data that results in case resolution for disputed workers’ compensation cases
Test services include:
- Post offer
- Fit-for-duty
- Functional capacity evaluations (FCE)