Helping injured employees return to work is beneficial for your business and the employee. We have dedicated Injury Management Consultants who will work with you to tailor a return to work policy and process for your business.
Benefits of return to work programmes
Return to work programmes:
- reduce your costs. See how by using the injury cost calculator
- retain your employees’ skills and experience
- reduce lost work time
- promote and improve workplace culture and cooperation
- achieve improved rehabilitation outcomes for your employees.
It is important to have a system in place to manage absences through either work or non-work injuries.
Is my business considered small, medium or large?
If you are not sure which category you fall under for return to work programmes, consider the following information.
Small to medium business
Small and medium-sized businesses mostly require a few simple processes to support injured employees.
Small and medium businesses, sometimes called enterprises or SMEs, tend to:
- have fewer than 50 employees
- be located on a single site
- be owner-operated, managed by a single person or operate under a flat management structure
- have generalist managers, doing a bit of everything.
Large business
Large businesses mostly require slightly more comprehensive systems than smaller businesses to cater for their more complex environments.
Large businesses tend to:
- have 50 or more employees
- operate on multiple sites
- have three or more layers of management
- have specialist managers, such as human resources managers, production managers, finance managers etc.
Get the best programme for your business
Injury Management Consultants help businesses develop policies and procedures for their injury management systems, including return to work programmes. We work with your business to tailor systems to suit.
Contact your ACC Injury Management Consultant or Account Manager to get the best fit for your organisation:
- call 0800 101 996 between 8am and 5pm on weekdays
- email ReturnToWork@acc.co.nz
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Last updated: 15 December 2008