Work accommodation at the time of Return-to-Work for workers on sick leave: a qualitative systematic review with recommendations for Return-to-work Guidance 2017

Return to Work in COVID-19: Review of Current Guidelines

Background and aims: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mainly a respiratory disease which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The outbreak first began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and then expanded globally. COVID-19 can result in illness ranging from mild to severe. However, some of the affected individuals might be asymptomatic. Symptoms of the disease may appear in as few as 2 days...

Influence of modified work on return to work for employees on sick leave due to musculoskeletal complaints.

OBJECTIVE To determine which individual and work-related factors are associated with performing modified work and to evaluate the influence of modified work on the duration of sick leave and health-related outcomes among employees with musculoskeletal complaints. STUDY DESIGN A prospective study with 12 months follow-up. METHODS In this prospective study a total of 164 employees on sick lea...

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Improved work ability and return to work following vocational multidisciplinary rehabilitation of subjects on long-term sick leave.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a vocational multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme for patients on long-term sick leave with respect to their work ability and return to work. METHODS A multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme was administered to an intervention group of 183 patients on long-term sick leave (mean 12.2 months). Effects of the treatment were compared with a control group (n = 96) r...

Return to Work

nor is it progressive to keep him indefinitely in a sheltered occupation: though both these alternatives are better than no job at all, and may be temporary expedients. This is not simply a matter of the individual's welfare: it is of vital concern to the community too, for the wastage of productivity from neurotic illness due both to absence from work and to inefficiency at work costs the coun...