Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B Chapter 13: 3344-CH13

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B
• Professor: Julie Schermer

Document Summary

Ch 13: disability management and return to work. If injured worker require specialized equipment that would cause bankruptcy: or if employee want to return to job but employer feels that the worker can"t perform safely yet. = proactive employer practice with goals of preventing or reducing workplace disability, intervening early in the face of risk or injury, providing management and rehabilitation functions to promote workers" recovery and safe and timely return to work. Goals are to promote safe workplace, coordinated programming in health, rehabilitation, accommodation, representation of all stakeholders (worker, union, management, gov"t, insuring agencies) Disability management programs most effective when developed and applied using systems approach (emphasizing the work and organizational context instead of focusing solely on individual employees) Integrate into workplace, safety culture, senior managers" commitment to safety. Intense efforts of frontline supervisor to help injured employees return to work will be useless if organizational policy and practice don"t support return-to-work practices.