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Poor management often leads to higher levels of employee stress and sickness.
Positive workplace environments are necessary for workplace health programs to be successful.
Another study confirms the link between poor workplace culture, poorly defined roles,...
A Danish study debunks the myth that managers are often more stressed than employees.
A study has shown that the less senior managers are involved, generally, the more likely they...
Flexible sick-leave policies can reduce sickness absence.
A Finnish study raises questions about previous associations between professional car driving...
A new study suggests therapeutic climbing may trump a standard exercise regime in treating lower...
The UK's treating practitioners say that work is beneficial, but how do they actually behave...
Do pre-employment medical examinations reduce sick leave? Are they value for money?
A European study of an integrated care program for workers with long term back problems shows a...
Danish researchers find that management approaches and levels of employee decision-making...
When dealing with complex or ambiguous medical problems, only half of treating practitioners...
Reducing repetitive work is not the only option to consider when attempting to accommodate arm...
Who is more pessimistic about the impact of cancer on working life: cancer survivors or...
Individuals with disabilities are more likely to engage in risky health behaviours like smoking...
Workers who have the option to work from home are 1.5 times less likely to take sick leave than...
What does the evidence say about the effectiveness of job coaching for people who cannot return...
Believing that you can cope with whatever life brings you has a positive impact on pain symptoms...
Early contact with injured workers is good for RTW, right? Well, that depends! It's not so much...
Different RTW players have different objectives. Research suggests that this knowledge can help...
This study looks at the cost-effectiveness AND health effectiveness of lumbar supports for home...
Neck pain commonly follows a persistent or recurrent course. Between 60% to 80% of workers who...
This follow-up study examined the relationship between the after-hours physical activity of...
Return to work programs are more likely to have positive outcomes if participants have a stable...
Based on the rationale that it is easier to keep a job than to find a new one, the new focus of...
Surveys can help identify factors that will improve RTW.
Lessons learnt from an integrated case management approach for arm problems
Identify high-risk patients to pip long term back problems at the proverbial post
There is solid research evidence that return to work management programs improve the 'bottom line'.
A broad and comprehensive approach to exploring return to work issues is provided by the...
If you feel you can cope with a difficult situation will you get back to work earlier?
Do online physical activity programs work? And are cash incentives good for motivation?
A self-evaluation tool is described which may assist healthcare professionals to develop...
Changes in psychosocial aspects of work affect employee health and wellbeing
Investigating obesity-related costs for employers.
Studies suggest that it is possible to identify workers at risk of developing psychological...
Fibromyalgia can be managed through a combination of physical and psychological rehabilitation.
This literature review examines some examples of the positive effects of participatory ergonomic...
Employer response to injury impacts employee recovery. This study identifies where employers go...