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The path to successful return to work management is not a one size fits all approach. What works for one large organisation may not suit a small business. This topic looks at various approaches you can take to improve return to work outcomes.
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Tom Wells-Quinn
Productivity suffers when workers are depressed - but are some depressed workers more prone to productivity loss than others?
Dr Mary Wyatt
Chronic pain is challenging to manage. Dr Wyatt describes a hotel worker's persistent, disabling case of back pain - and the treatment changes that made all the difference.
Lauren Finestone
By harnessing the science of tiny habits, injured or ill workers can make their RTW journey more manageable, sustainable and successful.
Lauren Finestone
What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such claims look like? An innovative research study aims to find out.
Lauren Finestone
Self-management of long-term pain conditions doesn’t just mean doing things to manage the physical symptoms of the condition. It can also involve other ways to improve overall quality of life — like job-crafting.
Lauren Finestone
Safework Australia has a guide helps supervisors in small and medium businesses tread the tricky path of managing RTW for ill or injured workers.
Dr John McMahon
John McMahon, Director of Science at Navigator Group, discusses their Navigator Support Program which reduces cost and duration of claims by addressing psychosocial barriers to recovery.
Lauren Finestone
Patients are encouraged to ‘self-manage’ their chronic pain conditions. But there are external and personal factors that will either help or hinder their ability to do this. And healthcare practitioners are one of the main external factors. So
Dr Mary Wyatt
In this webinar, the first in a series of webinars on case management, Dr Mary Wyatt provides an overview of the topic.
Dr Boris Fedoric
Rehabilitation counselling guru Dr Boris Fedoric explains why some workers struggle to get back to work, identifying biopsychosocial barriers, explaining what employers and systems often get wrong and identifying supports that promote recovery and RTW.
Dr Boris Fedoric
In this Q&A with Dr Boris Fedoric, we learn that rehabilitation counsellors put injured workers at the centre of their practice and, from there, aim to negotiate the best possible rehabilitation and return to work outcomes for all parties.
Scott Coleman
Scott Coleman tells us about an important approach to injury prevention and return-to-work programs for workers
Gabrielle Lis
A quarter of construction workers don’t report injuries. Why - and what are the consequences?
Meredith Carr
Meredith Carr discusses how to effectively implement a work-design focused RTW process and the benefits that are gained by adopting evidence-based work design principles.
