The Working Interview: Hire Smart with Agility Testing for Job Applicants
Have you ever wished that you could watch a job applicant actually perform the tasks you're hiring for as part of your interview process? If so, join us to learn how to do it in a safe and legally-compliant manner and at a fraction of the cost of outsourced employment testing services. ADA and EEOC guidance states clearly the guardrails within which employers can develop accurate, valid and job-specific demonstrations of essential job functions. After learning these essentials, watch the process unfold as we share a practical example from heavy industry - moving from physical demands analysis to a turn-key testing program - all backed by an attorney white paper. This interactive, real-world demonstration is presented by two key allies of the safety profession: an Occupational Therapist with over 20 years of experience evaluating job demands and building functional job testing, and a Workers' Compensation attorney with 43 years of experience as an attorney in matters relating to workers' compensation and employment law.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the compliance guardrails which constrain testing of Applicants during an interview;
2. Watch a stepwise and practical example of a Working Interview being built for heavy industry - from job analysis, to test development and implementation; and
3. Learn how employers can (and should) take the lead within their organizations and for their clients, catalyzing a cross-functional effort to Hire Smart: On-Premises, On-Demand and On-Time.
Speakers
Dona Leonard, Occupational Therapist / Owner NEWork Enterprises, MS OT CEASII
Dona has over 20 years' experience as an occupational therapist working directly with employers to develop quantified, meaningful physical demands descriptions of essential job functions. As Director of an Industrial Health program at a Northern Colorado outpatient clinic, she developed job-specific testing for domestic and international employers doing business locally. Her passion for injury prevention took her out of the clinic to build her own business, and she continues to provide ergonomics surveillance and risk reduction for organizations small and large. Responding to Colorado's unique workers' compensation law, she assists occupational physicians with determining medical causation through job analysis.
Greg Cairns, Special Counsel at Adan Cerda & Associates, LLC
Greg brings over four decades of distinguished legal experience to the firm. Licensed to practice in Colorado since 1982, his career has been defined by a deep commitment to workers' compensation and employment law, with a current focus on representing injured workers in litigation. Throughout his career, he has handled more than 7,000 cases-on both the defense and claimant sides- and has tried over 800 of them. Originally from Wisconsin, Greg earned his Bachelor of Arts with honors in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1975. He pursued graduate studies in industrial psychology at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee before obtaining his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. Greg is widely recognized for his contributions to the legal field. He has published articles in The Colorado Lawyer and frequently speaks on topics such as workers' compensation, fitness-for-duty testing, medical marijuana, and the unique needs of older injured workers. He has taught legal research in paralegal programs at Metropolitan State College and the Denver Paralegal Institute, and is the founder and principal instructor of The Center for Workers' Compensation Training, a private occupational school. In recognition of his service, Greg was named an "Outstanding Lawyer in America" in 2003 and received the Lance Butler Award in 2010 for his contributions to Colorado's workers' compensation community. He has also served as President of Professionals in Workers' Compensation and the Denver Law Club. Outside of his legal work, Greg is an avid bicyclist and a creative force in the Denver Law Club, where he writes, directs, and performs parody songs and productions.
Parking: There are multiple parking garages nearby. The closest public parking is across the street on the West side of the Colorado History Center in the Art Hotel.
