COR

Injury Management / Return-to-Work (RTW) COR

Injury management/return-to-work programs are a proactive way for employers to help injured workers stay at work or return to productive and safe employment as soon as physically possible. They are based on the fact that many injured workers can safely perform productive work during the process of recovery. Returning to work is part of the worker’s therapy and recovery.

Effective injury management/return-to-work programs are initiated when the worker first contacts the employer. At this time, an early intervention procedure can be initiated to determine if the worker is capable of staying at work performing their normal duties or modified duties while the injury heals. These at work programs are an effective tool utilized to ensure healing occurs while the injured worker is still performing meaningful and productive work. In many cases, this prevents any time loss from work. If workers do need time away from work, the injury management/return-to-work program can reintegrate the injured worker into the workforce much earlier.

Achieving RTW COR Certification

The actual audit for this program is conducted once the Health and Safety COR certification is achieved.  It is an optional program with many rewarding outcomes ranging from treating injured workers fairly to financial rewards including the impact to a company’s bottom line and WorkSafeBC rebates on base assessments.

Reasons for an Injury Management/RTW Program

  • Manage work-related injuries/illnesses from time of occurrence
  • Facilitate the recovery of injured/ill workers
  • Prevent disability
  • Ensure fair and consistent treatment of injured/ill workers
  • Prevent the loss of valuable workers
  • Maintain communication between all parties involved in the Injury Management/RTW process
  • Minimize impact of work-related injuries/illnesses on productivity
  • Manage costs of work-related injuries/illnesses
  • WorkSafeBC rebates on base assessments – up to 5% rebate

Ask your CSABC representative for more information on how RTW COR can impact your business.