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This video is from our 2016 return to work campaign that explains how you can have a better recovery with a safe return to work plan.
This video is from our 2016 return to work campaign that explains how you can have a better recovery with a safe return to work plan.
For free copies of this resource, email wcb@wcb.mb.ca with the resource name and quantities.
This resource is also available in French.
This guide provides directions for using the WCB’s Claims Online Service.
This instructional video provides an overview of common return to work challenges.
This instructional video covers how communication is important for a successful return to work plan.
Dallas tells his story about how his workplace injury didn’t stop him from doing the job he enjoys thanks to his workplace providing safe and suitable modified duties.
Many workplaces have developed their own unique Functional Abilities Forms for workers to bring to their healthcare providers. The form provides an avenue for healthcare professionals to outline the worker's abilities and prognosis. This can provide the employer with information to clarify the workers functional capabilities and assist in the development of a return to work plan for small businesses, or return to work programs for medium to large businesses.
Healthcare providers typically request a fee to complete Functional Abilities Forms. If your company has developed this type of form it is important that you also budget to pay for the completion of these forms and communicate the process to the worker. If an employer is requesting completion of a form then it is the employer's responsibility to pay the healthcare provider for completion of the form. Failure to address this issue may become a barrier to having the form completed and returned.
The employee should be provided with directions to bring the completed form to you right after the medical appointment (before the next available shift) so modified or alternate duties can start at that time. This is then an opportunity to further clarify modified or alternate duties, work hours, and any other question the employee may have.
These documents should be printed double-sided so the directions are not separated from the form.
This resource is also available in French
This resource is also available in French
For free copies of this resource, email wcb@wcb.mb.ca with the resource name and quantities.
This poster is also available in Hindi, Portuguese, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
Mona shares her story about how she worked with her employer on a long-term return to work plan so they could adjust Mona’s work in a way that benefited everyone.
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The Birchwood team shares how their passion for investing in their people and wanting them to feel cared for inspired them to elevate their return to work program with help from the WCB.
This video shows how Co-op got their employees to buy into a return to work plan as a natural extension of efforts to improve safety and workplace culture.
For free copies of this resource, email wcb@wcb.mb.ca with the resource name and quantities.
For free copies of this resource, email wcb@wcb.mb.ca with the resource name and quantities.
This resource is also available in: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Cree, Czech, Dari, French, German, Karen, Ojibwa, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
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On Friday, October 25, 2019, the WCB awarded the organization's second annual Return to Work Award as part of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce' Manitoba Business Awards ceremony at the Victoria Inn Hotel.
Presented and judged by the WCB, the award is given each fall to the Manitoba business that has developed the most outstanding return to work program. All applicants are evaluated based on their ability to develop a culture of return to work in their organization with measurable results.
The 2019 winner of the WCB Return to Work Award was Actionmarguerite, beating out fellow nominees Birchwood Automotive Group and Donwood Manor.
Actionmarguerite has invested heavily in people over the last few years, with pro-active programs like the Gentle Persuasive Approach in resident care and return to work for staff. It is this focus on people that helped them realize a decrease in work injury time loss by 87% over a three-year period at their three locations. Actionmarguerite has facilities in St. Boniface, St. Vital and the Maples in Winnipeg including one that provides services in French.
Each year, the Manitoba Business Awards recognizes businesses from all four corners of Manitoba that have achieved a standard of excellence in the community through their abilities, efforts and initiatives.
This instructional video outlines how to develop modified or alternate duties as part of your return to work program.
This poster describes what to expect from a good return to work plan.
In this video, Dr. Sarvesh Logsetty from Health Sciences Centre explains that a gradual return to work with modified duties is good for injury recovery.