Return to Work Plan. When it has been medically determined that an employee is ready to return to work, the Hospital and the Union will meet with the affected employee and the Manager to create and recommend a return to work plan. The Plan will include developing and recommending strategies for: (a) Integrating accommodated workers back into the workplace. (b) Educating employees about the legal, personal, organizational aspect of disabled workers to work. (c) In creating a return to work plan, the Hospital, the Union and the Manager will examine the disabled employee abilities and accommodation needs to determine if the employee can return to her/his: i) Original position; ii) Original unit; iii) Original unit/position with modifications to the work area and/or equipment and/or the work arrangement; iv) Alternate positions outside the original unit. (d) In creating a return to work place, the Hospital and Union will consider the employee’s abilities and accommodate needs and if she/he is unable to return to work in accordance with Article (c) above, the Hospital and Union will identify any positions in the Hospital in which the employee may be accommodated. (e) An employee in need of permanent accommodation may be temporarily accommodated until a permanent arrangement is established if the work is available. Such employee will remain on the list of employees requiring permanent accommodation until appropriate permanent accommodation has been offered. (f) The parties recognize that more than one (1) employee requiring accommodation may be suitable for a particular position or arrangement. In such cases the parties agree that in complying with Articles (c), (d) and
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
