MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Personal Protective Equipment, Absenteeism, Disability Insurance
2 Mar 2018
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Chapter 13 - disability management and return to work. Facilitate successful return to work for injured employees. More than 300 million workplace accidents occur worldwide per year. Workplace disability costs about 4% of global gdp. In canada: 2014: 239 643 workers suffered lost-time injuries, 2013: for every 100 workers, there were 1. 6 lost-time injuries, moral and social motives. Emotional and health costs associated with not working: higher rates of depression, social exclusion, anxiety, work is a source of meaning, identity, and social support, legal motives. In canada, human rights legislation protects the rights of injured workers. For example, a worker who has sustained a back injury may return to work on light duties that do not involve heavy lifting. Aspect of human rights legislation that means employers must accommodate the needs of a disabled worker unless the necessary modifications would lead to health and safety difficulties or present unsustainable economic or efficiency costs.
