ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2015
Early-return-to-work in the context of an intensification of working life and changing employment relationships.
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- Return-to-Work Experiences in Ontario Policing: Injured But Not Broken.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Stakeholders' Expectations of Return-to-Work After Spinal Cord Injury: A 1-Year Follow-Up.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2023Article
- Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) into Danish.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Work as an arena for health-Supervisors' experiences with attending to employees' sick leave and return-to-work process.PloS one · 2023Article
- Workers Age 55 and over Working with Pain. A Descriptive Interpretive Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) to French: A Valid and Reliable Instrument to Assess Work Functioning.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2019Observational
- Work ability and work functioning: measuring change in individuals recently returned to work.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Article
- Application of the Theoretical Domains Framework and the Behaviour Change Wheel to Understand Physicians' Behaviors and Behavior Change in Using Temporary Work Modifications for Return to Work: A Qualitative Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Impacts of Return-to-Work Type and Period on Job Retention in Workers with Occupational Injuries and Diseases.Journal of Korean medical science · 2018Article
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- Importance of social capital at the workplace for return to work among women with a history of long-term sick leave: a cohort study.BMC nursing · 2017Article
- New Business Structures Creating Organizational Opportunities and Challenges for Work Disability Prevention.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Manager Experiences with the Return to Work Process in a Large, Publically Funded, Hospital Setting: Walking a Fine Line.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Sick-listing adherence: a register study of 1.4 million episodes of sickness benefit 2010-2013 in Sweden.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Striving for the Ideal: Narrative Positioning Analysis of Work Ability Support Experiences of Employees with Disabilities in Non-standard Employment.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
purposeMany Western welfare states have introduced early-return-to-work policies, in which getting sick-listed people back to work before they have fully recovered is presented as a rather unproblematic approach. This reflects a belief in the ability of employers and the labour market to solve sickness absence. Against this background, the aim of this study was to analyse return-to-work practice in local workplace contexts, in relation to Swedish early-return-to-work policy.
methodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 matched pairs of workers and managers. The material, comprising a total of 36 interviews, was analysed using qualitative content analysis.
resultsThree main themes were identified: (1) intensive workplaces and work conditions (2) employer support-a function of worker value and (3) work attachment and resistance to job transition. The results reflected the intensity of modern working life, which challenged return-to-work processes. Managers had different approaches to workers' return-to-work, depending on how they valued the worker. While managers used the discourse of 'new opportunities' and 'healthy change' to describe the transition process (e.g. relocation, unemployment and retirement), workers regularly experienced transitions as difficult and unjust.
conclusionsIn the context of early-return-to-work policy and the intensity of modern working life, a great deal of responsibility was placed on workers to be adaptable to workplace demands in order to be able to return and stay at work. Overall, this study illustrates an emerging social climate where sick-listed workers are positioned as active agents who must take responsibility for sick leave and return-to-work process.
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