Articles tagged under ‘Transitional / modified duties’

Articles 1 - 21 of 21

• Webinar Recording: The role of the medical certificate in identifying and managing RTW barriers

  Physiotherapist Harry Papagoras discusses how medical certificates can be used to identify return to work barriers and implement effective management strategies.

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• Webinar Recording: Participatory Ergonomics & Manual Handling

  This presentation will discuss how “Participatory Ergonomic” principles can be considered and implemented to increase workplace involvement in effectively controlling manual handling risks.

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• Webinar Recording: Getting stuck on modified duties - a case discussion

  Deborah Howard, a US return to work manager, faces many of the same issues Australian employers and insurers deal with.

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• Turning a dead-end into a new start

  An individualised, flexible re-training program aimed at giving people confidence may be key to returning workers to employment.

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• Returning to hard work

  Genius, they say, is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. This case study looks at how four people's creativity and perseverance allows for a return to heavy physical work.

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• The OT way

  What do gardening, work and dancing have in common? According to Occupational Therapist Sven Roehrs, each is an "occupation" and each has the potential to improve health and promote rehabilitation.

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• How do I find meaningful alternate duties?

  Here we respond to a common RTW Coordinator question.

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• "How do I find meaningful alternate duties?"

  We respond to a common RTW Coordinator question.

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• Telecommuting and return to work

  The pros and cons of working from home when returning to work.

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• Outside the city, outside the square

  In a close-knit rural community, one RTWC's resourceful approach transforms a movement-limiting spinal injury into a business and career opportunity.

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• Let's get loud

  Taking ages to recover and return to regular duties after a workers' compensation claim? Make some noise!

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• Who gets involved in modifying duties - and how?

  Who has control over organising modified duties in your workplace - and what are the pros and cons of having them in charge?

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• Top ten tips for super smooth supervising of RTW

  Supervising return to work ain't easy...unless you've read our latest top ten!

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• Diamond discovered while down in the dumps about return to work.

  A new UK report finds that RTW depression is widespread, even when physical illness is the reason for work absence. Employers can make a difference.

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• On-site injury management

  A chapter summary from the book 'Moving in on occupational injury' exploring the benefits of on-site medical presence.

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• Quality control in RTW: Spend less, achieve more

  In the case of Mr S, a well managed return to work system saves an employer $$ and provides good outcomes for a worker with anxiety.

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• Staying off work - when is it unnecessary and why does it matter?

  Ensuring those who don't need to be away from work get back as soon as possible is best for all.

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• Complacency in return to work programs does not produce good outcomes

  An injured worker, with knee injuries and heart condition, is made redundant and has to deal with the concern that no other employer will take him on.

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• Ignoring a problem will only make it worse.

  A cleaner works through increasing pain levels for more than two years before reporting her difficulties. By this time she is unable to perform her pre-injury duties and is forced into a longer term rehabilitation program.

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• Loss of motivation is common when people remain on part-time modified duties

  A project manager develops an overuse injury and is still on part-time restricted duties after many months.

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• When adequate rehabilitation is not enough

  A long-term stable worker sustains a significant hip injury. While he has returned to work on restricted duties, a long term view is needed.

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• Retail recession + squatting scandals = GrannyGate for Myer

  A case study in RTW and bad PR

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• Fit notes innovative yet blindingly obvious

  It's a shame that something so clearly beneficial to injured workers is being done by so few.