Return to Work
The Definitive Guide to Return to Work Best Practices
How to get injured employees back to productive work sooner
Playbook content
Introduction
- PDFPlaybook outlineDownload · PDF
- Greatest Challenges with RTWVideo · 4:51
Section 1
- Believe Me, RTW is Really Good, Studies of RTW Effect on OutcomesVideo · 17:12
- Protocol check 1Pass at 70%
Section 2
- 3 Part RTW FrameworkVideo · 42:30
- Protocol check 2Pass at 70%
Section 3
- 3 Part RTW Framework, Part 2Video · 9:32
- Protocol check 3Pass at 70%
About this playbook
Return to work is where an injury management system succeeds or fails. This playbook starts with the greatest challenges and the evidence on how return to work affects outcomes, then sets out a three part framework for building the policy, cutting lost work days, and bringing back employees who don't like their jobs.
You will be able to
- Build a transitional duty policy that anchors return to work
- Reduce lost work days on every claim
- Bring back employees who don't like their jobs
- Handle doctors who won't give work restrictions
- Identify light duty jobs that are valuable to the company