by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
Job placement and return to work considerations are determined in many cases by the results of lifting capacity tests. Having sufficient strength to perform a job, particularly a labor-intensive job, has been a focus of many FFD tests in the past and present. As...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Fit for Duty
Besides assessing the functional capacities of a person to ensure that an employee is physically able to perform the essential functions of a job, one of the primary functions of fitness-for-duty (FFD) tests, at least as practiced by WorkSaver Systems, is to identify...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Fit for Duty
The Dreaded Disease – Alzheimer’s As the baby boomers age, more and more people are eager to learn what they can do to slow the aging process and of course, keep the mind functioning clearly. Of course, it is no surprise that we are hearing a lot more about...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, with a mission of eradicating discrimination in the workplace. EEOC is charged with the enforcement of a number of civil rights laws dedicated in whole...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently withdrew its proposed changes to the Jones Act that would have deemed foreign flagged vessels banned from operation in the U.S. waters. The Jones Act, passed in 1920, prevents foreign-flagged ships from shipping...