Return to Work Plan for Anna Smith: A Case Study of XYZ Enterprises

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Return to Work Assignment
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Disability Management....................................................................................................................4
Return to Work Plan........................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
The “XYZ Enterprises” offers the environmental services to its customers and around 2500
employees are being employed by the company for the different positions or areas such as the
“laboratory, field & office positions”. An effective employee “Anna Smith” worked with the
company for approximate 5 years but she suffered from her mother’s death & took a very long
time for her recovery. The complete assignment includes the effective plans or the acts which are
been implemented by the company for the effective returning of “Anna” to the workplace. As per
the given scenario, the legal measures of health & safety are to be implemented by the company.
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Disability Management
People focused climate: As per the given scenario, it has been identified that this policy of
disability management is being fulfilled in the business organization of “XYZ Enterprises”. The
company is very supportive as it gave the long break to “Anna” and after that applied the policy
of few hours after returning to the work after a very long period of time (Gensby, et.al. 2014, p.
20).
Prevention focus: This disability policy is fulfilled up to the certain level but not completely
because the workers must be provided with the effective training programs so that the awareness
can be increased & the major injuries can be prevented. With the help of this, the injuries can be
decreased but the loss of death cannot be controlled by anyone in the World. The “XYZ
Enterprises” should conduct the effective programs of safety & other medical measures for all its
employees so that they can implement the measures before the happening of injury only.
Early intervention & education: This policy is completely fulfilled by the “XYZ Enterprises”
because “Anna” was provided with the full support from not only its supervisor but also from the
overall business organization (Gensby, et.al. 2014, p. 27). The supervisor was very sympathetic
to “Anna” & also she was given the complete physical as well as the psychological support from
its whole company.
Return to work case management: The effective communication was also being enhanced
among all the different stakeholders of the company & also the effective plan of “return to work”
was being framed in accordance to the needs & requirements of “Anna”. She was provided with
the effective plan of working days after her returning to the work. In order to fulfill this policy,
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all the stakeholders must be effectively communicated & informed regarding any employees’
injured case.
Integrated claims management & monitoring systems: The “XYZ Enterprises” lacks this
effective disability policy because “Anna” was not provided with the financial support by its
business organization & she also could not submit the claims in an effective manner within the
limited time (Kulkarni & Gopakumar, 2014, p. 14). The system analysis must be get improved
along with the RTW plan according to the experience of the employee.
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Return to Work Plan
a. The current state of “Anna” is that she is not being able to come up after her mother’s
death & also she is not being able to perform her work within the limited time period,
because of which the organization had to incur the huge organizational cost. The
disability strategy or the RTW process can be modified by providing the financial
support also to Anna so that she can experience less level of burden.
b. During the illness or injury of the employee, its level of job can be ascertained with the
help of “PDA” in order to examine all the physical requirements needed by that particular
employee (Stergiou-Kita, et.al. 2014, p. 34). The effective assessment of functional
ability is being enhanced in which it has been evaluated that whether the injured
employee can properly sit, stand, lift and walk or not. The modified working
requirements are being analyzed in accordance with the functional ability assessment.
c. There are different stakeholders of the business organization who must be get informed
or communicated in an effective & efficient manner regarding the particular case of
injury or any workers’ illness. They must also be informed about all the effective policies
or plans which are being implemented for that employees’ return to work in the safest &
effective manner (Stergiou-Kita, et.al. 2014, p. 45). The different stakeholders include the
injured worker, supervisor or HR professional, healthcare provider, union, insurance
provider & the company of disability management. It is the responsibility of the HR
professional/ practitioner to effectively communicate about all the know-how of RTW
plan & about all the effective policies/ strategies of disability programs in an effective &
efficient manner so that all of them must know about all the workings being enhanced in
the business organization.
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d. There are multiple barriers to the plan of return to work which is to be identified &
addressed within a very limited period of time so that the employees’ absence can be
known from the business organization. Following are the different barriers which are
being examined & evaluated:
 Delay in the process of communication & the other processing involving any kind
of paperwork.
 Feeling of stigmatized among employees who return to work after a long time
may be because of the lack of support, a sense of resentment among co-workers,
etc.
 Lack of confidence among the injured employee for returning to the job & lack of
resistance to continue to work.
e. The risk factors are very essential to be assessed in order to ensure the safety to the
employee who is returning to work. The risk factors include about whether the employee
has the unfavorable records of safety before the occurring of disability, whether he/ she
has the previous performance issues, to ensure about the chances of again becoming
injured or ill, etc. All these risk factors are to be examined in an effective manner so that
the necessary actions can be taken & enhanced (Brijnath, et.al. 2014, p. 50).
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Conclusion
It has been concluded that the injured employee must be given the complete effective financial as
well as the psychological support in accordance with both the physical & mental abilities. The
current status of an employee can be determined with the help of work trails, light duty work,
supported or sheltered work, etc. The modified work to the employee must be given in the
writing along with the deadlines. The functional ability is helpful in determining the modified
work as per that particular injured employee’s needs & requirements. All the barriers must be
identified & measures must be applied accordingly.
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References
 Brijnath, B., Mazza, D., Singh, N., Kosny, A., Ruseckaite, R., & Collie, A. (2014).
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 Gensby, U., Labriola, M., Irvin, E., Amick, B. C., & Lund, T. (2014). A classification of
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review. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 24(2), 220-241.
 Kulkarni, M., & Gopakumar, K. V. (2014). Career management strategies of people with
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 Stergiou-Kita, M., Grigorovich, A., Tseung, V., Milosevic, E., Hebert, D., Phan, S., &
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