Topic: return-to-work

One of the greatest predictors of a successful return to work is having a designated Return-to-Work Coordinator – someone who coordinates all activities and communication among team members. In this article, we will be talking about essential skills that Return-to-Work Coordinators should have in order to be effective and successful in bringing employees back to…

Last week we hosted our monthly webinar and were grateful to be joined by Simon Kent from Kent Employment Law. Simon and Derek Sienko answered viewers’ questions about the legal struggles of bringing employees back to work after an injury or illness. We had a great discussion and were able to hear from both the employer’s and…

On January 26th, Diversified will be partnering with Kent Employment Law (KEL) in a Webinar to answer your questions about legal obligations and return-to-work. Diversified and KEL partnered in November 2017 to provide the Kelowna Employer Forum. At this event, Kasia Rynkowski (Diversified),  Ashley Russo (YMCA) and David Brown, (KEL) discussed key issues relating to employee disability…

This article was published in the  October 2017 issue of Business Examiner – Thompson Okanagan.   WELLNESS – Within employment, there is a growing effort to reduce the number of unnecessary absences and their associated costs. The reactive perspective of return-to-work that is currently failing employers relies on a biomedical model and a “sit and…