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OCTOBER 2009
Return to Work Newsletter

    NL0809A: Part 1-Back Pain Issues and Stress Claims
    NL0809B: Part 2-Workplace and People Factors

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. OVERVIEW
  2. CONSEQUENCES OF BEING OFF WORK
  3. MODELS OF RETURN-TO-WORK
  4. MEDICAL FACTORS - Back Pain Issues and Stress Claims
  5. RTW--WORK PLACE FACTORS
  6. RTW--PEOPLE FACTORS
  7. SPECIAL POPULATIONS
    • Veterans
    • Mental Health Issues
    • ADA
    • TBI
    • PTSD

1. OVERVIEW

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Lost Time Fact Sheet

Injury/Illness and Return to Work/Function: A Practical Guide for Physicians

Return to Work Program


2. CONSEQUENCES OF
BEING OFF WORK
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1. Loss of Self: A fundamental form of suffering resulting from chronic illness.

2. The health effects of being out of Work


3. MODELS OF RTW

  • Early Intervention-Early Return to Work
  • Practices for Employment Success
  • Specific Veterans Issues – PTSD; Laws/Regulations; Homeless Issues
  • Accommodation and Compliance
  • Disability Employment Laws & Legal Issues

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EARLY INTERVENTION -- Early Return to Work

The effect of early intervention on return to work

Early Intervention – ResWorks: Foundation for Research into Injury and Illness in the Workplace

Early Return to Work Program


Practices for Employment Success

Job Coaching – A Promising Practice for Supporting Returning Service Members with TBI/PTSD

Workplace Mentoring – A Promising Practice for Supporting Returning Service Members with TBI/PTSD

Beliefs and expectations affect return to work


Accommodation and Compliance

Accommodation Information by Disability: A to Z

Accommodation Information by Topic:
A to Z

Searchable Online Accommodation Resource

Accommodation and Compliance Series: The ADA Amendments Act of 2008


Employment Laws

Disability & Discrimination

Medical and Disability-Related Leave

Overview & Resources for Employers


4. MEDICAL FACTORS



Stress Related Issues
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3. Healthcare Provider Participation is Important in achieving Early Return to Work

4. Improving communication between treating Practitioners results in an early return to work

5. Current Trends in Stress Claims

6. Predicting Stress and Strategies for Reducing It

7. Stress Management and Workplace Disability

8. Preventing Occupational Stress

9. Occupational Well-being and its Effect on Performance



BACK
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10. People who get clear advice about their back problems do much better.

11. Will an episode of low back pain become a long-term problem?

12. Risk Factors for work-related low-back pain and strategies to prevent Long Term Disability.

13. Identifying the causes of back and arm pain in an office environment.

14. Factors that influence the duration of sick leave due to low back pain.

15. A Workplace Education Program that prevents neck and back problems.

16. A review of workplace rehabilitation approaches for back pain.


WORKPLACE CULTURE
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17. It Pays to be Nice: Employer / Worker Relationships Influence Back Pain Return to Work
TOP

5. WORK PLACE FACTORS
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1. Work is Therapeutic: Rehabilitation at Work

2. An Integrated Workers' Compensation Management System

3. Integrating Work Disability Management into Strategic Plans Improves Moral and the Corporate Bottom-line.

4. Components of Return-to-Work Programs that are Effective

5. Flexibility in the Workplace Assists People on Long-term Sickness Absence to Return to Work.

6. Modified Work Programs: Common Barriers to Implementation

6. PEOPLE FACTORS


7. SPECIAL POPULATIONS

  • Mental Health Illness
  • TBI and PTSD
  • ADA
  • Veterans

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Mental Health Illness

Factors which predict RTW for people with poor mental health (2008)
A Systematic Review of the factors which predict return to work for people suffering episodes of poor mental health

Predictors/Course of vocational status, income, and QOL in people with severe mental illness

A Resource for Creating Mental Health-Friendly Work Environments


TBI, PTSD and Return to Work

FAQ about TBI and Employment

Hiring Veterans with TBI and PTSD

Accommodating Employees with TBI

Accommodating Employees with PTSD

Tips for Communicating with People with TBI & PSTD

FAQs About PTSD & Employment

Hiring Veterans with TBI and PTSD: Do's and Don'ts for Employers and Hiring Managers


Veterans

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

VOAKT Employment Assistance Program

Employers use established programs to help veterans get back to work

War Veteran Told to Return to Work as Benefits Stopped – A Case Study

Training Veterans in Recovery – 2 female veterans share how peer employment training is making a difference in their recovery from PTSD

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program – Best Practice Profiles of Employment Assistance Programs

10 Reasons to Hire Vets


ADA Updates

ADA Library

New Definition of Disability and Reasonable Accommodation

ADA and Rehabilitation Act Compliance and Other Disability Related Laws

Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities and the ADA: A Guide for Employers

Employers and the ADA: Myths and Facts




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