Compassionate Return-to-Work Strategies: Second Edition: A Leader's Guide to Every Return — Illness, Injury, Parenthood, Caregiving, and Loss

Previously published as Compassionate Return-to-Work Strategies: A Leadership Guide for Sustainable Employee Reintegration by Sarah Scahill.EVERY RETURN IS A REINTEGRATION.Illness. Injury. A new baby. A dying parent. A loss that rearranges everything. Over a long enough career, every employee will step away - and every organization will face the question of what happens when they come back.That question is answered in the first few weeks, usually by default. A badge that doesn't work. A conversation nobody scheduled. A role quietly reassembled without them. Reintegration is the fourth pillar of workforce strategy, alongside recruiting, retention, and reward - and it is the one almost no organization owns.Drawing on a career spanning frontline nursing, disability management, and executive leadership, Sarah Scahill sets out the architecture of a return done well: the law that governs it, the conversations that carry it, and the culture that makes it ordinary.INSIDE THIS FULLY REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION: - The five Supreme Court of Canada decisions every leader should know - in plain language, with the awards employers have paid for getting them wrong- A six-step planning process that satisfies tribunals and people alike, including exactly what medical information you may and may not collect- Accommodation design that finds work others miss - and where "undue hardship" is actually drawn- Conversation guidance for the moments leaders dread, plus three ready-to-use scripts- NEW - Part III: Every Return Matters. Parental returns, caregiving, bereavement and pregnancy loss, domestic violence leave, andWritten for HR professionals, disability and case managers, executives, supervisors, wellness consultants, and small business owners navigating their first medical leave - in organizations of ten or ten thousand.Grounded in Alberta and Canadian law, with a built-in guide for readers in other provinces, the United States, and beyond.Rigorous, current, and unsentimental about what is at stake, this is a guide for leaders who understand that how people are welcomed back is a decision, whether or not anyone makes it.