Employee Benefits Include:
- Earn regular hourly wage and accrue benefits as applicable
- Job site rehabilitation speeds recovery
- Less disruption to normal routine
- Preserve leave time used to supplement paid benefits
- Cultivate endurance vs. inactivity
- Focus on abilities instead of disability
Department Benefits Include:
- Illustrate value of employee to the work place
- Utilize recovery period to maintain productivity
- Minimize potential for adversarial relationship
- Minimize disability and medical costs
- Decrease costs for lost work days
- Maximize communication with injured employee