EMPLOYERS AND RETURN TO WORK

SUPPORTING PEOPLE AS THEY RECOVER FROM WORKPLACE INJURY

If someone is injured at your workplace, you play a critical role in supporting their recovery and a safe and timely return to work.

Similar to an injury outside of work, often making small changes to their job early on can help your employee recover safely at work. This could mean they don’t have to miss work, or it could help minimize the time away from work.

Depending on the injury, the steps and time may be different for each person, but this roadmap will help you know what to expect if someone is injured in your workplace.

Workplace Injury & Recovering Safely at Work - A Roadmap

Reduce the Impact of Injury at Your Workplace by Ensuring:

Your return-to-work program is part of an overall safety program, with defined policies and procedures.
Your organization promotes a climate of trust and respect, with supportive and engaged managers.
You use Direct Access to health care providers.
You have a functional job description or job demands analysis for every position.
You submit claims quickly and accurately through MyAccount, and monitor them online for progress.
You communicate in a timely and regular manner with the WCB and your worker’s health care provider.
You help develop personalized return-to-work plans for employees injured on the job.
You understand the appeals process.
You offer workers transitional work immediately.

This booklet can help your workers understand transitional work.
Your organization offers accommodation and re-employment, if applicable.
Use the Employer's Guide to Managing Workplace Injury that includes a checklist of what successful organizations do best when helping employees recover from workplace injury.

RETURNING TO WORK

Benefit:

It allows a skilled and experienced worker to continue as a valuable resource to the company.

One of your responsibilities as an employer is to make your workplace aware of your Return-to-Work policy and what it means. Order a kit with posters, tips and more to put around your workplace. You can also download the kit materials.

Learn about all your roles and responsibilities as an employer

Order a Working to Well Employer's Kit for your office