HR014.1 Transitional Return to Work (RTW) Policy - October 20, 2025

The goal of ORM’s Transitional Return to Work Policy is to assist an employee who is injured on-the-job return to work as soon as medically possible within the physical restrictions determined by their physician until they are capable of returning to regular duty. This may be achieved through temporary modification of the injured employee’s job tasks, equipment or work schedule, as appropriate. More expansively, the ADA requires employers, upon request, to provide workplace modifications, known as reasonable accommodations, to assist an employee with a disability in performing the essential functions of their job. The disability need not have occurred as a result of an on-the-job injury which may be compensable as a workers’ compensation claim. Thus, ULM has an obligation to all employees, regardless of the cause of their medical condition, to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate their expedient return to work.