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RTW Coordinators and treaters have little respect for Workers Compensation authorities. Why?
By: Robert Hughes , 11 May 2010, Systems
DESCRIPTION: Off with their heads!

Return To Work is a bottom up process.  That is, the only person who can have conscious control over the recovery and return to activity of an injured employee is that employee. The only useful thing others can do is to help.   Successful return to work outcomes require that others – the RTW Coordinator, supervisor, co-workers, medical practitioners, must support, empower, partner and set boundaries (not rules) within w...
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