RETURN TO WORK: A FOUNDATIONAL APPROACH TO RETURN TO FUNCTION

Posted over 8 years ago by Denise Souza

https://www.iaiabc.org/images/iaiabc/Return-to-Work_Foundational-Approach-to-Return-to-Function_Final.pdf

Please see the above link to an April 2016 report published by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) Disability Management and Return to Work Committee

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

I. SETTING THE CONTEXT

II. PERCEPTIONS AND REALITY OF RETURN TO WORK

III. THE REGULATOR

IV. THE EMPLOYER

V. THE EMPLOYEE/UNION

VI. THE CAREGIVER

VII. THE ATTORNEY

VIII. THE INSURER

IX. APPENDICES

A. Tools to facilitate the making of Return-to-Work policies

B. Washington State Department of Labor & Industries: Stay at Work Program.

C. Washington State Department of Labor & Industries: Activity Coaching

D. Washington Industrial Insurance Laws – References Supporting Return to Work

E. Return to Work Statutes in the U.S.

F. Montana Code Annotated 2014 - Part 10. Stay at Work/Return to Work

G. Texas Labor Code -Texas Workers’ Compensation Act - Chapter 413. Medical Review

H. Washington Impact of Time-Loss Duration

I. ISSA Guidelines: Return to Work and Reintegration