Employers are being asked to take on more or more burdens for employees who are injured on the job. Today I read the following AP Story regarding an employee who was hired weighing 340 lbs – he had a back injury and the employer is being asked to...

Imagine if everyone shared your vision of getting ill or injured employees back to work?  In today’s tough economy, it may be difficult to sell your company on the benefits of continuing to offer injured employees viable light duty jobs especially...

Dear Dr. X – I really don’t understand the note I received from your office, can the employee come back to work or not? What do you mean he has a five pound lifting restriction – he doesn’t lift anything all day!             This scenario...

Light duty immediately invokes negative feelings for most employers. I have heard countless stories from employers recanting the horrible experiences they have had as they attempted to bring injured employees back to work. I have witnessed the frustration...

National Return to Work Week Five Day Virtual Conference will bring together employers, employees, physicians, vocational experts, insurance, legal professionals and disability providers from around the country to share expertise, best practices and exchange...

Case: Bruce Houck, Individually and as the Representative for the Estate of Ellen Houck, Deceased vs. Tarragon Management and AIG Claims Services, Inc. No. 1D08-0081 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 02/24/09) Date of Accident: September 8, 2002 Background: Ellen...

Press Release: National Return to Work Week is an opportunity for everyone involved in the workers compensation and disability management process to demonstrate their commitment to helping injured, disabled or ill employees stay-at-work or return-to-work....

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teej Cummins’ outlook on life changed when she stopped at a Shawnee Hills store in September.   When she left the store, a stranger approached her and told her that someone did something to her car. Cummins said that the stranger...

Employers do not realize the amount of control that they have over the direct and indirect costs of workers’ compensation. The workers’ compensation system was built to benefit employers who implement injury prevention programs by allowing them to...