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Abstract
1. Sickness Absence:
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from regular discussions with the person and an interdepartmental approach. Bringing together experts from
Human Resources and Occupational Health departments to
discuss with the individual what policies can be put into place
and what procedures will be followed can be an effective
approach. The involvement of line management in the
monitoring and evaluation of sickness absence can at least
have major implications for the effectiveness of absence
management. It is also clear from the data that sensitivity is
required, disciplinary action being effective in dealing with
unjustified absence but leave for justifiable family reasons also
being effective.
Economics
Politics
Social attitudes
Legislation
Workers representation
Management attitudes
Health care worker attitudes
2. Return to Work
Management of return to work is not only a business
imperative. It is also an imperative of the practice of good
Occupational Medicine.
To quote from the consensus
statement of the Canadian Medical Association, American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (4)
Prolonged absence from ones normal roles, including
absence from the workplace, is detrimental to a persons
mental, physical and social well-being. Physicians should
therefore encourage a patients return to function and work as
soon as possible after an illness or injury.
Clearly we as Occupational Medicine Physicians must
strongly encourage rehabilitation and the more closely related
that rehabilitation is to the workplace then the more successful
it is likely to be. We must also avoid reinforcing or even, in
extreme cases, encouraging chronic sick-role behavior
amongst employees.
(a) Solutions:
There are no one size fits all solutions to sickness absence
management and return to work. Management of sickness
absence & return to work is heavily influence by
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