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Return to Work and Transitional Duty
Returning employees to full productivity means offering temporary alternate duty positions.
Using Medical Disability Guidelines to Estimate Return to Work
Members of the claim management team face many challenges in handling their files in workers’ …
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Ask One Question to Set Return to Work Expectations
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Properly Designing and Implementing Transitional Duty Program Ensures Success
The biggest mistake employers make with a transitional duty program is having a “sorta” light duty …
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Ergonomic Self-Assessments Reduce Injuries Among Office Workers
Keeping workers comfortable can reduce costs for employers/payers. The more a worker experiences …
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Stop Making Excuses – Focus on Return to Work
The claim handler’s main role is to get an injured employee back to work. The timeline on how this …
How Clear And Understood Is Your Return To Work Program?
When an adjuster reserves a file, they focus on probable outcomes. The medical side of the file is …
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Use High-Tech Tools to Reduce Injury Risk, Drastically Cut WC Costs
If you knew the specific physical demands of every job in your organization and which employee …
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Don’t Sabotage Your Return To Work Program!
Getting an injured employee back to work is an important way to reduce workers’ compensation costs …
Use Collaboration, Technology for ADA Compliance and Positive Return to Work Outcomes
Returning an injured worker to the job before he’s physically ready can be a nightmare. The last …
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How To Make Unions An Asset To Workers Comp Cost Savings
Many employers may be suspicious of working with unions, thinking that they support the filing of …
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The 411 on Functional Capacity Evaluations
A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is a comprehensive series of test administered by an …
How to Build Your Return to Work Program
A successful transitional duty/return to work program is much more than having an injured employee …
Video Kinematics Produces Physical Job Demand Descriptions on Steroids
How familiar are you with the physical demands of every job in your company? That may sound like a …
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Ten Light Duty Work Ideas
So you have decided to provide some light duty or transitional work for injured workers to decrease …
Why and How Good Job Descriptions Help Reduce Workers’ Compensation Costs
A good job description is like money in the pocket for workers’ compensation payers. The more …
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Don’t Make Two Mistakes In A Row in Workers’ Comp Return to Work
An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced …
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ACOEM 3-Part Return to Work Framework
ACOEM Whitepaper: Preventing Needless Work Disability by Helping People Stay EmployedHey, there. …
Digital Job Profile Technology and Your Workforce
Companies are using advanced technologies to manufacture their products, create intellectual …
How Long Will My Injured Employee Be Off Work?
... We look at the work comp industry. What are the common questions that employers will …