The goal of every return-to-work (RTW) program should be to help an injured employee do one very important thing: return to pre-injury employment. Ideally, all employees should be educated about the return-to-work process before an injury occurs, and injured employees should always be encouraged to return to work as soon as medically appropriate. In theory, […]
5 Barriers to a Successful Return-to-Work Program
Injured workers returning to work commonly face many hurdles After a work injury or illness, the two things most employees want to accomplish as soon as possible are: 1) to feel better, and 2) to get back to work. Sometimes, this is less than simple to achieve. From the psychological factors associated with a disability […]
