THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY A RETURN-TO-WORK PROGRAM COULD BENEFIT
YOUR BUSINESS:
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Increase the likelihood of employees
returning to work. Injured employees who
remain off work longer than 6 months have
only a 50% likelihood of ever returning to their
job. That likelihood decreases to less than
10% if time lost exceeds one year.
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Injured employees return to work up to 50%
sooner. In companies that have well-managed
return-to-work programs including transitional
duty, up to 90% of injured employees go back
to work within four days of the injury.
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Reduce claims costs up to 70%. Not only
are lost-time days reduced, but studies show
medical costs are also reduced.
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Faster recovery period. Good return-to-work
programs treat work as therapy to help the
employee recover up to three times faster
than if they stayed at home.
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Reduce award costs. The potential for an
employee to become totally and permanently
disabled is greatly decreased.
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Reduce contentious litigation. Employees
are less likely to feel their rights have been
violated causing them to engage a lawyer.
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Avoid hiring and training a replacement
worker. Temporary labor can be expensive,
especially when the new worker must be
trained.
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Reduce fraud. Return-to-work programs
demonstrate that getting injured doesn’t
necessarily mean getting paid for being out
of work.
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Increase employee morale. Return-to-work
programs are a testament that employees
are a valuable company asset rather than a
disposable resource.
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It’s effective. More than 90 percent of
employers using return-to-work programs say
they are effective.
Ask your claim adjuster for more information about a return-to-work program for your business.
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