A comprehensive and integrated approach operates on a continuum, from an emphasis on prevention to care, rehabilitation and a smooth transition back to work. It considers the full range of expectations and realities, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Preventive efforts focus particularly on occupational health and safety and promotion of health and well-being. Health-care and occupational rehabilitation measures aim at preserving the employability of the person concerned. The management uses the knowledge gained from return-to-work processes to enhance the institution’s prevention policies and procedures, and vice versa.
Guideline code
RTW_01100
Mechanism
Mechanism
- Professionals tasked with implementing prevention and return-to-work strategies should collaborate with appropriate stakeholders in the process.
- Professionals tasked with implementing preventive and return-to-work strategies should ensure the effective communication of, and access to, prevention programmes for all stakeholders.
- Professionals tasked with implementing prevention and return-to-work strategies should ensure that prevention measures are built into every stage of the return to work process.
- Professionals tasked with implementing prevention and return-to-work strategies should plan, monitor and regularly evaluate prevention and return-to-work programmes and measures.
Structure
Structure
- The board and management should establish a holistic prevention and return-to-work strategy consistent with safety, employment and health legislation in its jurisdiction.
- The management should provide financial support for implementing preventive and return-to-work strategies both inside and outside the institution.
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Guideline 6. Comprehensive and integrated approach with an emphasis on prevention
Type
Guideline_1
Weight
15