Job Modification And Restructuring Techniques

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Job restructuring includes modifications such as

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-relocating or redistributing marginal job functions that an employee is unable to perform because of a disability

-altering when and/or how a function, essential or marginal, is performed

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An employer never has to relocate the ___________ ___________ of a job as a reasonable accommodation unless the employer wishes to do so.

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-essential functions

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A definition of job modification is:

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a modification of the performance of job duties while the same job duties are maintained (changes in HOW job duties are performed)

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A definition of job restructuring is

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change in some of the actual job duties performed (maintain, eliminate, or replace job duties)

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Examples of job modifications:

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-energy or ambulation problems: salesperson does more telephone sales and less in the field sales

-orthopedic problem: parking lot attendant uses a chair  to sit instead of standing

-scheduling: secretary leaves early for PT by coming in to work early

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Examples of job restructuring:

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-ambulation problem: RC is assigned more office work and less fieldwork activity

-emotional stress: a social worker is assigned more case file paperwork and less interviewing/field assignments

-lower extremity problems: shipping and receiving clerk is assigned more clerical work and less lifting