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Return to Work Matters is an information and news resource dedicated to improving health and
return to work outcomes for both employer and employee. We're a growing collective of return
to work professionals sharing our knowledge with each other and the wider business community.
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Anna Kelsey-Sugg | Causes of stress, and why it will never disappear if we don't encourage the right behaviours.
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Dr Mary Wyatt | It's time to question whether some workers should be spared the compensation process.
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Anna Kelsey-Sugg | Understanding musculoskeletal pain will increase productivity and health.
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Tom Barton | Why don't doctors communicate well when returning patients to work? Let's consider ways of helping them to.
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Tom Wells-Quinn | A two-year study shows the continuing benefits of comprehensive rehab.
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Francesca McSteen | Young male workers need to be educated about the work and health consequences of risky drinking.
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Did you know that 15 young workers aged between 15 to 25 are injured each day while working? So tells WorkCover NSW's new Young Workers Hazard a Guess website, an interactive online tool designed to give young workers a better idea of their rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
WorkSafe Victoria will be conducting 10 metropolitan and regional workshops on preventing and responding to workplace bullying March to May 2010. The sessions will provide practical information on how to prevent bullying in the workplace and how to respond if it does happen. The workshops are useful for employers, managers, supervisors and health and safety representatives from businesses of all sizes, from all industry areas.
The UK Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance has called for positive action to ensure people with musculoskeletal disorders are properly supported to access employment and remain in their jobs. The ARMA has launched a new Charter for Work, calling on policy-makers, employers and healthcare professionals to make a commitment to decrease the number of people who fall out of the workplace as a result of ill-health.
The former employee of major lawfirm Freehills has claimed she was bullied and harassed at her workplace to such an extent that she developed a severe deterioration in her mental health and even had suicidal thoughts, The Age reports. Nicole Stransky is alleging discrimination on the basis of age, employment activity and her impairment in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
"People who are stressed by daily problems or trouble at work seem to be more likely to grind their teeth at night," reports Medical News Today. New research published in BioMed Central's journal Head & Face Medicine showed 'sleep bruxism', grinding teeth during the night, is especially common in people dealing with stress who aren't coping in appropriate or effective ways.
WorkCover NSW has launched a new way to spread the safety at work message, which will suit those of you who don't have social networking sites blocked at work, and who fancy the F-B. 'Work safe. Home safe' is the name of the page - once you're a fan you can leave comments and ask questions. Let's hope WorkCover uses the forum as social media should be used - as a conversation - rather than a one-sided dialogue.
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Claims Management (18), RTW coordinator (16), Case management (41), Communication (33), Early intervention (12), Transitional / modified duties (14), Long term / complex cases (21), RTW approaches (50), Information for employees (6), Employee centred care (21), RTW Management Overview (28), Quick Guides (36), Knowledge Bombs (2)
General musculoskeletal (14), Back (41), Neck (11), Arm (13), Leg (6), Chronic pain (8), Cancer (7), Psychological (21), Stress (22), Fatigue (7), Drugs - Alcohol (3), Treatment approaches (31), Assessment of capacity (5), Sickness absense (8), Exercise (5), Consequences of being out of work (3), Depression (17), Psychological - other (9), Other medical (10), Pain (5), Trauma injuries (3), Work causation (4)
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