Learn how ecovery, an exclusive, value-added program from Eastern Alliance Insurance Group, helps return injured workers back to wellness and productivity by using work as a therapeutic tool.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Return to Wellness Perspectives: Juanita Snyder
Welcome to our first blog interview! Since ecovery is a holistic, proactive approach to returning injured workers to wellness and productivity, the entire Eastern service team works together to support our Return to Wellness philosophy. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at ecovery from a variety of team perspectives. First up, Juanita Snyder, Eastern’s Regional Supervisor of Risk Management for the Southeast Region, provides her thoughts on ecovery and why it is a Best Practice for every employer!
Q: From your risk management perspective and experience, what is the biggest challenge for an employer in offering modified duty?
A: The biggest challenges I see is not understanding what modified duty is, what modified duty can be and how to do implement modified duty. The other issue that is significant to overcome is past experience. For some reason, employers feel they cannot manage an injured employee. Once they realize they still have the ability to manage the employee and hold them accountable to doing productive work, they are often more willing to move forward with a modified duty position.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Permanent Restrictions - the ultimate challenge
Cartoon Source: Safety.BLR.com
SCENARIO: As an employer, you've been cooperating with providing modified duty within the injured employee's work restrictions. Despite the challenges, you've made it work. And then you receive notice that the injured employee's work restrictions are permanent. What is a mason who cannot lift cinder blocks all day going to do? What could a dietary aide worker do who cannot feed patients possibly do? How about the delivery truck driver who has never done anything but deliver auto parts?
Consider the following ideas as options to resolving your most challenging RTW opportunities:
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