Administration assistant, Georgia Kelly is 59 years old and has lodged a notice

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Administration assistant, Georgia Kelly is 59 years old and has lodged a notice of disability and a claim for compensation for a left wrist injury. She states she does not remember a specific incident that caused the injury and assumes it might be caused by overuse. Her employer lodges an employer report form and argues the worker’s duties do not include repetitive movement and requests further investigation because the worker has lodged previous sick leave applications for a non work-related injury. Attached to the worker’s claim form is a prescribed medical certificate certifying the worker fit for alternative duties with a restriction placed on lifting with the left arm. The doctor also recommends the worker not undertake duties including typing and the employer does not know if there are any alternative duties available. Write a description of what you would do and justify your actions as the case manager responsible for managing this claim. Include in your answer reference to any legal, organisational and/or procedural requirements you would need to consider. Include in your answer view as to whether the claim should be accepted, rejected or initially undetermined. How would you decide whether the worker should have a return to work plan? Your answers should be detailed with ideas and suggestions properly supported and/or justified.

Explanation / Answer

As a responsible employer, it is the duty to assign work each and every employee depending upon the skills they possess and the physical ability to do the job. By going on the age of Mr. Kelly we can assume that being in 60's, he have done a lot of work for the organization and the problem he is going on currently is a temporary one which can be cured quickly, if proper rest is given to him. As an employer, it is also a duty to take care of employees and do best for them so that they do not have to search for other works in their life.I will assign Mr. kelly, such work where his movement of left arm and lifting with left arm will not required. For the time being he cannot even type in the computer. There are other assistant who will do the typing work and Mr. kelly, will do those work where typing do not required and pen and paper is necessity to perform the duty. By doing this our organization will wholeheartedly follow equal opportunity principle and be a model employer in our geographical area.

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