By Marilyn Mattingly

From employees taking sick leave to filing discrimination claims, federal HR expert Marilyn Mattingly guides you through all potential pitfalls in handling employees' medical issues, including new challenges created by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

All in one resource, you learn agency requirements, working solutions, and cautionary tales based on critical case law -- to guide you through determining:

• When and what medical documentation to request or require
• When it is appropriate to ask medically related questions in the interview process
• The best ways to evaluate medical documentation when you don't have an agency physician
• When submitted medical documentation is sufficient to support accommodation
• When an employee with a medical condition may be disciplined
• How to address alcohol- and drug-related behavior in the workplace

And to give you the big picture, Ms. Mattingly explains the interplay among workers' compensation, disability retirement and GINA. Plus, you get model letters illustrating appropriate language to use when communicating with employees, such as when requesting medical documentation.