Disability management
The English term disability management (dt. Work, occupational disability, also disability management , literally about handling of inadequacies ) describes an activity that deals with the handling and use of people with (also temporarily) limited opportunities and work skills or special challenges in operational processes.
The activity is usually assigned to a staff position in operation, a certification for disability management program (CDMP) (English .; dt. Certified Disability Manager ) takes place in Germany, for example, by the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV).
The German Ninth Book of the Social Security Code ( Rehabilitation Law ) requires since 2004 in Section 84 (2) that for employees who are incapable of working continuously or repeatedly for more than six weeks within a year, clarification by the employer with the responsible interest group and with the consent and The person concerned is involved in how the incapacity for work can be overcome as far as possible and with what services or aids a renewed incapacity for work can be prevented and the job can be maintained ( operational integration management BEM). If measures are necessary to achieve this goal, the trained disability manager actively accompanies the process. If necessary, the company or works doctor is called in.