Learn how to effectively motivate non-cooperative employees when returning to work after a workers' compensation claim.
Have you struggled with return-to-work non-cooperation in the workplace? This topic offers insight into making a positive impact on return-to-work motivation. It will also provide a summary of relevant employment law considerations including Workers' Compensation, the ADA, the FMLA, and drug-testing concerns. It further discusses the strategies for returning such employees to work or other options to reduce exposure and potential liability. Hard research combined with helpful case studies provide real life context to help understand and affect the issue of non-cooperation in return-to-work situations.
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Agenda
What Do We Mean When We Say an Employee Is Non-Cooperative?
- Work Rules/Policies
- Positive Work Orders
- Medical Treatment
- Actions in Bad-Faith
Causes of Non-Cooperation
- Habit Formation
- Motivational Issues
- Job Atmosphere
- Prior Performance Reviews
- Harassment/Bullying
- Health/Medical Concerns
- Lack of Avenues of Growth
- Perceived Legal Concerns
Relevant Employment Law
- Workers' Compensation
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Employee Drug Testing
- State/Local Law Concerns
Guidance for Addressing Non-Cooperation
- Communication
- Rule-Based Strategy
- Employee Handbook Policies
- Accommodations
- Employee Considerations
Other Options:
- Vocational Evaluations
- Funded Employment
- Termination
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Credits
OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on August 30, 2018.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Over 34 years and 1.4 million customers worth of experience providing continuing education. Our passion is providing you world-class training to help you succeed in business and as a professional.
Faculty

Ryan J. Murphy
Cipriani & Werner, P.C.
- Partner with Cipriani & Werner, P.C.
- Defends employers throughout Pennsylvania against workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation cases, and other employment matters, including pre-litigation counseling litigation and the appeal process
- Represented businesses ranging in size from individually-owned to large, multinational corporations; he has also advised various state agencies in the defense of their workers’ compensation claims and worked with those entities to limit their exposure
- His representative clients include employers in the construction, fabrication, automotive, and retail industries, temporary employment agencies, law enforcement, and governmental entities
- Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Previous co-chairman of the Lancaster Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section
- Presenter for Worker’s Compensation Law and Medicare Compliance seminars
- Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Lancaster County Bar Association, the Schuylkill County Bar Association, and the York County Bar Association
- J.D. degree, cum laude, The Dickinson School of Law; two B.A. degrees, with high distinction and with honors, The Pennsylvania State University
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