A well designed, progressive, disability management program can shorten or even prevent employee absences, reduce costs and maintain productivity. The most effective approach combines integrated disability management with prevention.
Disability Management strategies targeted at the effective and safe reintegration of injured and ill workers have demonstrated significant benefit in measurably reducing the economic costs of disabilities on employers, employees as well as insurance and rehabilitation providers.
At AQ Group Solutions, our approach to Disability Management is the “Team Huddle”: The insurer and employer working collaboratively with facilitation and mediation from a qualified Disability Management Specialist to engage employees in the rehabilitation process with the shared goal of a return to safe and productive work as soon as is physically possible.
Our well rounded approach to Disability Management includes the following:- Assistance in development and implementation of abilities focused Disability Management Policy
- Organizational Health Profiling – to identify potential incidence of risk in your organization, enabling the targeted development of prevention tools
- Collaboration in the development of a Health and Wellness program including assistance in implementation and ongoing support
- Assistance in the identification and assessment of trends in absenteeism and access of your Employee Assistance Program
- Assistance in navigating through and formulating a clear understanding of the five areas of law that may pertain to a disability (Human Rights; WCB; Occupational Health and Safety; Employment Standards and Privacy)
- Assistance in employee education and ongoing communication of available resources
- Employer / employee advocacy in disability claim mediation and appeal
- Return to work advocacy
- Ongoing tracking of the impact of implemented programs
