Disability and
return to work

The aim of this website is to provide return to work stakeholders with a credible source of information so that they can adopt best practices in the implementation of disability prevention and healthy and sustainable return to work processes.

Work disability is the inability to perform a work activity.

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Adopted perspective

This website focuses on :

prevention and management of work disability , whether initiated by the insurer, the workplace or the health system;
and return to work (RTW).

The perspective adopted is that of the organization or workplace. Thus, only best practices involving at AT Assignation temporaire least the workplace are described.

Although it excludes medical or insurance interventions, the information identified is useful for professionals interested in prevention and RTW who WHO World Health Organization will need to interact with members of the organization or workplace.

Targeted health problems

The health problems considered are those likely to be associated with work, such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and common mental disorders (CMD).

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Target Audiences

The target audiences are the various stakeholders (or actors) in occupational rehabilitation and RTW, namely:

1. Workplace members: employers, immediate supervisor, union or union representative, SR coordinator, OHS committees, committees, human resources;
2. Occupational rehabilitation professionals: guidance counsellors, occupational therapists, ergonomists, physicians, physiotherapists, psychologists, physiotherapy technologists;
3. Insurers: compensation officers, rehabilitation counsellors.

This site is not intended for the workers themselves or their co-workers. The latter should be involved through the other actors highlighted in this site.