What Is "Return-To-Work" - And What Is Required?

Return-To-Work refers to the process of helping employees safely and effectively resume work after being away due to injury, illness, disability, or another qualifying event, such as maternity leave or extended personal leave.

The Return-To-Work process commonly includes Medical clearance, specific documentation requirements to confirm work status and any restrictions, and use of any modified duties or schedule.

Learn Key Return-To-Work Strategies

Employers want employees to return to work from their occupational injuries in the least amount of time away from work.

Studies show that the employee will more likely make a full recovery and continue working a long and productive work life if they return in the least amount of time, but returning to work often carries with it restrictions, disabilities, obligations, and frustrations (on both sides).

Such situations require careful assessments and knowledge of all the elements necessary to fit together what often seems like a complicated puzzle. Leaving out an assessment of employer obligations of just one piece of such a puzzle can have serious ramifications. And that's where this training session can help!

What You'll Learn:

Learn how to have an organized, simple, and documented assessment process to accommodate returning employees to work who have not fully recovered from occupational injuries.

By attending this training session, you will learn:

• How the ADA interacts with Workers' Compensation injuries
• How to structure an ADA accommodation conversation
• Key differences between occupational vs non occupational injuries
• Why light duty is not FMLA
• Do you have to "make" a job?
• Keeping the employee from reinjuring or exacerbating their injury
• Why FMLA reduced schedule or intermittent leave should be part of your Workers' Compensation program
• Other FMLA issues you have to consider
• How do state leave rules fit in?
• Short term accommodations vs. long term job restructuring