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We compare Australian workers' comp / RTW websites. First up: NSW, WA, and SA.
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Jack of all trades? Conjurer of motivation and modified duties? Piggy in the middle? We lay it all out on the table...
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Want to deal with presenteeism properly?
Know what you're dealing with.
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Unsure about best practices in RTW? Shaw isn't. The US expert lends his voice of authority to a discussion of fast, effective RTW.
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Lessons gained from a room of RTW Coordinators include making sure the role is more than just an add-on - read on for more!
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Feel like you've hit a brick wall? Practical tips to help you chisel away at it...
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Missing the zing in your step? Here's some help to refresh at work and steps to getting in the work groove.
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Workers' comp is a tough gig - tougher still when you're looking after a company covering almost all of Queensland. What helps? Read on to find out.
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At 10 000 steps a day, healthy creativity goes a LONG way...
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Work can't stop when results improve. In this interview with an Injury Management specialist, we learn that creating the right RTW culture needs to be a continuous process - or else everyone pays.
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"Bad medicine" delaying RTW at your organisation? Our latest top ten will help sweeten your relationship with medical practitioners...
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The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is moving in a positive direction, with new guidelines to help employees on long-term sickness absence return to work.
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Intuition Software's Paul Eastman gets technical, explaining the ins and outs of an underused resource - workers comp software.
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According to a new study to emerge from the UK, employers are squandering their workers' talents.
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Dutch occupational physician Frederieke Schaafsma describes a new Netherlands system of return to work that has seen the number of employees on long-term sick leave dramatically reduced.
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Take a look at the ten main points to emerge from RTW Matters' interview with Dr William Shaw from the US's Centre for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual.
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ACTU's national workers' compensation officer Jarrod Moran spoke at February's National Workers' Compensation Summit on 'Unions, workers' compensation and the way forward'.
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What do injured workers want from their insurers? According to the 11th RTW Monitor, a good attitude goes a long way - and Queensland shows us just how far.
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After return to work coordinators expressed to us a lack of formal guidance in their role as coordinators, and - more specifically - the lack of a Code of Ethics - we set about developing one.
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While others got excited about the Oscars, RTW Matters got wound up about the host of interesting speakers at this years Workers' Compensation Summit.
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Project Officer of the Nurses Return to Work in Hospitals Project, Julia Suban, talks about the particular barriers to return to work in nursing, and just how she hopes they can be overcome.
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Occupational Physiotherapist Dr Andrew Fischer is part of a pilot program designed to improve return to work outcomes for patients.
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What's the best way to deal with stress in the workplace? Prevent it from ever occurring! Our ten tips show you how.
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Dr William Shaw takes us behind the (research) scenes at Liberty Mutual in the US.
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What does "evidence based medicine" refer to exactly, and why should we care to know?
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Take this test to see if you or your employees are feeling how they ought to in the workplace. The test highlights the key factors in retaining star staff-members.
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In the second part of RTW Matters' interview with Occupational Therapist Kate Roylance, she discusses the counter-productive nature of many performance rewards.
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A look at the UK College of Occupational Therapists' new paper, "Vocational rehabilitation: what is it, who can deliver it and who pays?"
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Returning to work is good for your health, and in the UK there is a collective voice that agrees.
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Communication between GPs and occupational health professionals
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An investment in occupational health, safety and welfare has paid dividends for a South Australian tuna farm.
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Gabrielle Lis joins RTWMatters from the beach at Wilson's Prom
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In an interview with Wolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director of NIDMAR, we learn the story of his special return to work, and hear how he's made a career out of helping others to do the same.
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The most tenuous relationships between a worker and their rehabilitation consultant are often those between a young female consultant and a middle aged male worker.
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For employers looking to increase productivity and reduce sick days, a workplace wellness program could be the answer.
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Associate Professor Greg Murphy on rehab policy, RTW after spinal injury and rehab in rural communities.
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An interview with the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association's Jane Monk.
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Introducing an elite sports model of injury prevention and management into the workplace is the key to reducing the frequency and severity of workplace injuries.
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What does it take to win an award in the challenging environment of complex injury management? One award winning provider gives us his tips and advice.
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Hear from two return to work and rehabilitation experts with tips to help the rehab and RTW process.
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October is Depressional and Anxiety Awareness month. RTW Matters speak with Clare Shann from beyondblue, the national depression initiative, about returning to work after depression.
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Since the earliest days of rehabilitation, the focus on return to work of injured clients has gradually declined . Today, the terms rehabilitation and vocational rehabilitation are no longer synonymous. The downside of this has been lowered vocational ou
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Even if they want to it doesn't mean they can, even if they can it doesn't mean they will.
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The Boston College Centre for Work and Family has revealed that 70% of managers felt that productivity had been improved in those workplaces which had a good life balance.
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The second half of Dr Dhir's doctor-patient communication insights.
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Prior to the onset of an injury a worker may often display a number of yellow flags, or warning signs, indicative of the injury occurring.
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In order to be truly engaged and contributing fully at work, there needs to be a work-life balance
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The first half of RTW Matter's interview with Dr Hari Dhir.
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Survival to revival - energising rehabilitation. This is the name The Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors has given it's 2008 National Conference, to be held 10 September.
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Poetry, soccer and split infinitives.
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RTW Matters reasearch and features writer.
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RTW Matters Senior Writer.
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Yes... but let's have a bit of fun while we're doing it.
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Self effacing, warm, always positive - Mary Wyatt is a consumate professional dedicated to return to work.
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RTW Matters' policy on humour.
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WorkCover improvements would benefit patients, practitioners, employers and the community.
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Qualified assessors the key to determining disability pension eligibility.
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The way we think and process information can lead to avoidable errors.
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Great return to work practice is good for business! What's in it for you?
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