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88. Please provide the classifications used in the reasonable accommodations review process.
The EEO Manager, Personnel Testing Manager, Chief Human Resource Officers, Chief Legal Officer, and
Employee Labor Relations Director.
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2011 ADA SELF-EVALUATION
2011 ADA CUSTOMER SERVICE SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW FORMAT
Brief Description of the Department: The EEO Department is responsible for planning, developing and
administering BWC’s Affirmative Action and Compliance program for approximately 2,000 employees. The
EEO Manager’s duties include planning, directing and establishing policies and procedures for the EEO
Department and the overall agency, ensuring that BWC’s EEO program complies with state and federal law;
giving presentations to both internal and external groups such as executive staff, state agencies and EEO
officials. The EEO Manager is further responsible for managing BWC’s EEO complaint and reasonable
accommodation processes.
Brief Description of the Division, District, or Institution: The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
(BWC) is the largest state-fund insurance system in the nation. BWC serves more than 250,000 Ohio
employers. In FY2011, BWC actively managed approximately 1.2 million open claims, funded by assets
totaling approximately $26 billion. Medical and indemnity compensation paid to injured workers totaled
nearly $2 billion and we received 118,971 new claims.
Brief Description of the ADA Program: It is the policy and practice of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’
Compensation (BWC) to comply fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ensure equal
employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities. BWC is
also committed to ensuring non-discrimination in all terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
The ADA requires public entities to conduct a self evaluation of policies and practices. BWC takes its
responsibility to its employees and others very seriously by making self evaluation a constant and continuous
process. In accordance with the requirements of the ADA, BWC has conducted a complete self evaluation
for FY 2011 and the results are presented below.
SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS
Background
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its implementing regulations require all public entities to
evaluate their policies and practices to identify and correct any that is not consistent with the ADA. Policies
or practices that discriminate against or prevent participation by individuals with disabilities are strictly
prohibited. All interested persons, including those with disabilities, or organizations representing them, must
be given an opportunity to participate in the self-evaluation process by submitting comments. Agencies must
ensure that this occurs and must develop methods for considering and, if necessary, acting on the comments
received.
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