SafeWork - Managing the relationship with an injured or ill worker during return to work

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Managing the relationship with an injured or ill workers during return to work

A guide for Supervisors in Small to Medium Businesses

Small and medium businesses face complex challenges when their workers suffer a workplace injury or illness.  This guide is designed to assist supervisors support and stay in touch with injured or ill workers and make changes to the workplace and/or work duties to assist workers return to work sooner.

This practical guide focuses on the relationship between the supervisor and the injured or ill worker across four key stages of the return-to-work process:

1. When the worker is first injured or falls ill
2. While they are away from work
3. As they prepare to return to work
4. When they return to work