Work disability is expensive. Financial and senior managers are often unaware of the significant costs of poorly managed RTW. Having made the business case for effective injury management and audited the old system understand the substantial cost / benefit advantages of best practice programs.
 Financial and senior managers are often unaware of the significant costs of poorly managed RTW.
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Now it’s time to knowledge-share!
The Inclusion of work disability policy and goals within the strategic plan of an organisation:
| • | Raises and maintains managements’ awareness of RTW issues; |
| • | Reinforces the financial and business benefits of best practice; |
| • | Encourages ongoing improvements to the system; and |
| • | Demonstrates to workers that managers are committed to best practice injury management. |
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Business plans should include concrete work disability goals
Business plans should include concrete work disability goals. Targets can be simple or complex, for example:
| • | A 10% targeted reduction in days lost |
| • | Improvement in the supervisor management of staff with injuries, as measured by the percentage of return to work case meetings supervisors attend |
| • | A 10% reduction in total work disability costs |
| • | Full integration of the work disability policy at a new site |
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For more information on how to incorporate injury management issues into the business plan of an organisation, see: Tracking performance
