The return-to-work programme is supported by public policy, legislation, standards and other declarations. Knowledge of relevant instruments is essential to meeting reporting and accountability obligations.
Relevant legal and other formal instruments include government legislation, public policy, relevant professional standards and trade union agreements, and international declarations and standards, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) Code of Practice on Managing Disability in the Workplace and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Guideline code
RTW_00600
Mechanism
Mechanism
- The return-to-work professional delegated with ensuring compliance should design, implement and evaluate educational programmes on relevant legislation, standards and declarations for relevant stakeholders both inside and outside the institution.
- Return-to-work policies, processes, contracts and other documents and practices should adhere to relevant legislation, standards, agreements and declarations.
- The return-to-work professional should promote compliance through adherence to the return to work policies and processes which reflect relevant legislative texts, standards, agreements and declarations.
- The return-to-work professional should establish a process for monitoring and assessing compliance with relevant legislative texts, standards, agreements and declarations.
Structure
Structure
- The management should identify specific legislation, standards, trade union agreements and declarations which impact upon the return to work in their jurisdiction, to ensure that return-to-work policies and processes adhere to them.
- The management should set up systems for educating internal and external stakeholders on the relevant legislation, standards, agreements and declarations and how they are reflected in the return-to-work process.
- The management should delegate compliance with the relevant legislation, standards, agreements and declarations to qualified professionals such as the return-to-work professional.
- The management should coordinate its activities, and work in common interest, with other agencies with complementary or similar social protection responsibilities, to ensure early, comprehensive and sustainable return-to-work programmes, establish a single point of information for employers and individual insured people, eliminate redundancies and gaps in provision, and create a transparent and unambiguous return to work system from the perspective of all stakeholders.
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Guideline 3. Working within the legal framework
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Guideline_1
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10