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 and health promotion.
Disability Management is a proactive, employer-centered systematic and goal-oriented process that coordinates the activities of management, unions, insurance carriers, health care providers and vocational rehabilitation professionals for the purpose of actively minimizing the impact of impairment or disability on an employee’s capacity to participate actively in the work environment, and successfully perform his or her job.