Tom Barton
Tom’s Return to Work Matters articles range from disease fact sheets and illness treatment plans, to guides for return-to-work coordinators and information for injured workers. Tom also maintains the events database, so feel free to forward him your upcoming return-to-work themed programme material.
Articles by ‘Tom Barton’
Joanne Taranto explains how a RTW toolkit will expand your resources and get better results.
Seasoned return to work professional Joanne Taranto explains the basis of a great RTW program.
Dr Robyn Horsley explains the issues when communicating with a treating doctor.
What do good health, better financial returns and the "Best Places to Work" have in common?
We speak to Jody Bell about Centrelink's award-winning health and wellbeing initiative.
Ingrid Ozols - founder and Director of the Mental Health at Work initiative - explains the importance of reading the signs of mental illness.
Ingrid Ozols - founder and Director of the Mental Health at Work initiative - explains the importance of reading the signs of mental illness.
Here we respond to a common RTW Coordinator question.
We respond to a common RTW Coordinator question.
We speak to rehab provider Donna Valiant about managing everybody's needs, expectations and obligations during the RTW process.
Keep your workers happy, healthy and productive! Find out why ergonomics is important and then use our top ten tips to improve workplace wellness.
The pros and cons of working from home when returning to work.
This second of a two-part series investigates identifying pessimistic thinking in employees, and improving optimism and emotional resilience in the workplace.
This first of a two-part series investigates the negative health and work effects of pessimism, and how fostering emotional resilience improves wellness and business outcomes.
New Australian research shows that workers with psychological injuries are not the only ones who may be at risk of suicide. Physical injury and long term compensation can lead to mental injury,...
How one car manufacturer steered their ageing workforce towards higher productivity
Finding it hard to move your company on workplace wellbeing? Run these case studies by them and see if they don't step to a new tune.
Implementing primary prevention policies can reduce your workers' risk of developing cancer.
Cancer is the most widespread chronic disease in Australia. We look at 10 tips for supporting employees through cancer treatment and return to work.
The Australian Government has made arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions national health priorities in the battle against chronic disease in Australia.
Diabetes is Australia's fastest growing chronic disease and affects 7.5 per cent of the population. How can you accommodate diabetic workers? And can employers assist with prevention?
Stress makes chronic pain worse, and worsens RTW outcomes. Here are 10 ideas to help alleviate the stress that often accompanies chronic pain.
The burden of suicide in Australia is comparable with other major, better understood chronic diseases.
Avoid heart disease with this fact sheet and our top tips for a healthy workplace.
Asthma is the leading chronic disease in Australia. This briefing paper covers the basics, as well as occupational risk factors and risk management.
We chat to Michael Simpson from OccCorp about how you can reduce your premium AND meet your obligations to workers.
We respond to a Return to Work Coordinator's query about resolving problems between employers and insurers.
And can you pick the Australian jurisdiction in which board members have NO hands-on experience of workers' comp?
Understanding how distress interferes with recovery is the key to addressing difficult RTW cases.
Professor Dame Carol Black presents "Working for a healthier tomorrow" report to World Congress of International Medicine in Australia.
If patients who see an occupational doctor get better results, why isn't it common practice?
We consider why doctors fail to communicate well about return to work, and offer strategies for helping them tell their patients what they need to hear.