Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Discrepancies in reported work accommodations by workers with disabilities and their supervisors and the associations with return to work
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Discrepancies in reported work accommodations by workers with disabilities and their supervisors and the associations with return to work
Discrepancies in reported work accommodations by workers with disabilities and their supervisors and the associations with return to work
Subject
Discrepancies, work accommodations, workers with disabilities, supervisors, the associations
Description
Introduction: Workers and supervisors typically have a joint responsibility for the return to work (RTW) process and the implementation of work accommodations. While this presumes a
joint perspective on how this process is implemented, there may be
discrepancies in work accommodations that are reported. This study
aims to examine to what extent there are discrepancies in reported
work accommodations between workers and their supervisors, and to investigate whether such discrepancies are associated with decreased odds of RTW.
Material and methods: We used data from a longitudinal survey study on RTW of long-term sick-listed workers conducted in the Netherlands (n=409). We used descriptive statistics to explore discrepancies in reports on implemented work accommodation for nine different categories, including no work accommodations . We performed logistic regressions to investigate the associations between discrepancies in reported work accommodations and RTW.
Results: Discrepancies regarding implemented work accommoda tions ranged from 11.0 to 44.7 percent. Logistic regression analyses revealed decreased odds of RTW for discrepancies on the implementation of no work accommodations (OR 0.57, p=0.01) and job reassignment (OR 0.56, p=0.012).
Conclusions: We found substantial discrepancies in reported
implementation of work accommodations among workers and their
supervisors. Only discrepancies about no work accommodations
being implemented and job reassignment were associated with decreased odds for RTW. We could conclude that discrepancies
might negatively affect RTW depending on the type of work accom-
modation.
joint perspective on how this process is implemented, there may be
discrepancies in work accommodations that are reported. This study
aims to examine to what extent there are discrepancies in reported
work accommodations between workers and their supervisors, and to investigate whether such discrepancies are associated with decreased odds of RTW.
Material and methods: We used data from a longitudinal survey study on RTW of long-term sick-listed workers conducted in the Netherlands (n=409). We used descriptive statistics to explore discrepancies in reports on implemented work accommodation for nine different categories, including no work accommodations . We performed logistic regressions to investigate the associations between discrepancies in reported work accommodations and RTW.
Results: Discrepancies regarding implemented work accommoda tions ranged from 11.0 to 44.7 percent. Logistic regression analyses revealed decreased odds of RTW for discrepancies on the implementation of no work accommodations (OR 0.57, p=0.01) and job reassignment (OR 0.56, p=0.012).
Conclusions: We found substantial discrepancies in reported
implementation of work accommodations among workers and their
supervisors. Only discrepancies about no work accommodations
being implemented and job reassignment were associated with decreased odds for RTW. We could conclude that discrepancies
might negatively affect RTW depending on the type of work accom-
modation.
Creator
Joke Jansen, Raun van Ooijen, Nicole Snippen, Cécile Boot, Pierre Koning , Sandra Brouwer
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
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Citation
Joke Jansen, Raun van Ooijen, Nicole Snippen, Cécile Boot, Pierre Koning , Sandra Brouwer, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Discrepancies in reported work accommodations by workers with disabilities and their supervisors and the associations with return to work,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2361.
Discrepancies in reported work accommodations by workers with disabilities and their supervisors and the associations with return to work,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2361.