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What Contributes to Injured Employees Remaining Off Work?

>The> key component that is often missing from a company’s Injury Management Program is a written Return-to-Work Policy. Many injured employees have been released by their treating doctors to return to work but their employers are reluctant to allow them back into the work environment. In these instances, the insurance carrier has to pay benefits to an employee who has approval to work but is sitting at home with nowhere to go. The major factor that contributes to this reluctance is a lack of a clear policy with specific procedures that can be applied immediately after an accident that will result a positive return-to-work experience.

 

 

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