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Dr Peter Cotton explains how understanding workplace morale and quality of management allows...
Identify the variables of chronic pain to achieve holistic return to work
What works and what does not work in the decision making process. A must read for claims / case...
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
Occupational Physicians have brought together a broad group to join forces on changing beliefs...
Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Occupational Physicians garner stakeholder support to influence policy initiatives and...
An interview with Ingid Ozols, director of mh@work, exploring how mental health can be improved...
Another must read for claims / case managers: how you cannot afford to get it wrong, and how you...
A good decision making process is worth its weight in platinum, making this a key read for...
A Powerpoint presentation on the whys and wherefores of supervisor training in RTW management.
Shoulder problems are the second most common work-related musculoskeletal problem. Here's an...
We speak to rehab provider Donna Valiant about managing everybody's needs, expectations and...
Are your innovative ideas constantly met with suspicion? This case study from cotton-milling...
Genius, they say, is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. This case study looks at how four...
After foot surgery, rehab professional Mary Harris gains first hand insight into how co-workers...
This second of a two-part series investigates identifying pessimistic thinking in employees, and...
This first of a two-part series investigates the negative health and work effects of pessimism,...
A prominent South Australian back surgeon has called for workers' comp for back pain to be...
What is job strain? How is it linked to depression? And what are the associated costs? New...
Should workers' comp recipients share treatment costs with their employers?
The use of opiates in chronic pain cases should be carefully monitored. Patients need a high...
What do gardening, work and dancing have in common? According to Occupational Therapist Sven...
Workers' comp cases present GPs and other health professionals with opportunities for meaningful...
The messages of a $6 million public health campaign about back pain are being lost thanks to...
New Australian research shows that workers with psychological injuries are not the only ones who...
HR and RTW are together as often as peas and carrots. Is it a match made in heaven or an...
How one car manufacturer steered their ageing workforce towards higher productivity
Our first ever multimedia feature! An interview with Mary Harris, US disability management...
Ever wondered what RTW and sabre-toothed tigers have in common? Or why some people bounce back...
How much do we know about how different workers' comp systems influence health outcomes? And...
What RTW and OHS challenges and opportunities can you expect when your company takes over...
Trust is a key predictor of organisational success, says the Great Places to Work Institute....
The health and wellbeing of people with chronic illness improves when they become...
Lara felt bullied by her case manager and colleagues when she returned to work - even when they...
Organisations who offer "good work" have fewer stress and musculoskeletal claims. Managerial...
...CAN hurt you. Having an internal injury that nobody sees can make rehabilitation far more...
An Italian entrepreneur has turned the Umbrian village of Solomeo into both a fashion factory,...
The burden of suicide in Australia is comparable with other major, better understood chronic...
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
Etymology - the archaeology of words - sometimes uncovers a contemporary resonance in ancient digs.