As an independent contractor with AE Roberts Educational Seminars, Allie has also trained human resource professionals to coordinate corporate policies and procedures with compliance with FMLA, ADA and workers' compensation.

If a current employee develops or acquires a disability:

Can you identify at least eight (8) ways in which an employee's disability can cost your company?

Do your supervisors and managers know what questions can be asked when an employee gives notice of an accident or injury?

Have your workers' compensation claims been "problem-free?"

Have you maintained productivity when employees have acquired a disability?

Have you retained employees who have acquired a disability?

Do your policies and procedures include guidelines for managing the issues of employees injured off the job?

Do you have a list of transitional or modified jobs available?

Do you know how to provide cost-effective and appropriate accommodations for employees who have acquired a disability?

Will your documentation regarding management of employee disabilities withstand accusations of discrimination?

Is managing employee disabilities a team effort in your company?

Do you know what questions to ask - and of whom - in order to deal effectively with employee disability issues?

Do you know how to determine if an employee is protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

Are your corporate policies and procedures coordinated appropriately with the requirements of FMLA, ADA and workers' compensation?