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Joke Jansen1, Nicole Snippen2, Pierre Koning3
1Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen, 9700 AD, The Netherlands. j.jansen@umcg.nl.
BMC Public Health
|March 19, 2023
Summary
Workers and supervisors often disagree on work accommodations, impacting return to work (RTW). Discrepancies in job reassignment specifically lowered full RTW odds, highlighting the need to address these reporting differences.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Work accommodations are crucial for facilitating return to work (RTW) for sick-listed employees.
- Discrepancies between worker and supervisor reports on accommodation implementation may exist.
- Understanding these discrepancies is vital for optimizing RTW processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the frequency of discrepancies in reported work accommodations between workers and supervisors.
- To investigate the association between these discrepancies and achieving full return to work (RTW).
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal survey data from 406 long-term sick-listed workers and their supervisors.
- Exploration of discrepancies in the implementation of eight types of work accommodations.
- Logistic regression analysis to assess the association between discrepancies and full RTW at 27 months post-sick leave.
Main Results:
- Discrepancies in reported accommodations ranged from 53% (therapeutic RTW) to 85% (job training/education, therapy reimbursement).
- Workers reported four accommodation types more frequently than their supervisors.
- Discrepancies in job reassignment were significantly associated with lower odds of full RTW (OR 0.56).
Conclusions:
- Significant discrepancies exist in the reported implementation of work accommodations between employees and supervisors.
- These discrepancies may lead to inefficiencies in the return to work process.
- Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms driving these reporting differences.
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