A coordinated process for bringing injured employees back to productive work — often via modified duty.
Return-to-work programs coordinate the medical care, modified duty assignments, and workers comp claims process to get injured employees back to productive work as quickly and safely as possible. The economics: every day an employee is out of work, workers comp pays wage replacement; modified duty can bring them back faster and reduces total claim cost.
Quality PEOs help clients design and run RTW programs as part of their claims management.
A coordinated process for bringing injured employees back to productive work — often via modified duty.
Return-to-work programs coordinate the medical care, modified duty assignments, and workers comp claims process to get injured employees back to productive work as quickly and safely as possible.
Most PEO buying decisions touch several related concepts at once. Return-to-work program typically comes up alongside the other terms in this category. Closely related terms include Workers compensation insurance, Safety program.
This is one entry from our PEO glossary covering payroll, benefits, workers comp, HR compliance, and PEO mechanics. Browse all terms.
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