Common use of Modified Work/Return to Work Programs Clause in Contracts

Modified Work/Return to Work Programs. 27.01 The Employer and the Union recognize the purpose of modified work/return to work programs is to provide fair and consistent practices for accommodating nurses who have been ill, injured or permanently disabled, to enable their early and safe return to work. The Employer and the Union are committed to a consistent, fair approach to meeting the needs of disabled workers, to restoring them to work which is meaningful and physically and psychologically safe for them and valuable to the Employer and to meeting the parties’ responsibilities under the law. The parties agree to cooperate in facilitating the return to work of a disabled nurse. There will be ongoing and timely communication by all participants to ensure success. The parties will undertake to provide safe and meaningful employment for both permanently or temporarily disabled nurses.

Modified Work/Return to Work Programs. 27.01 25.01 The Employer and the Union recognize the purpose of modified work/return to work programs is to provide fair and consistent practices for accommodating nurses employees who have been ill, injured or permanently disabled, to enable their early and safe return to work. The Employer and the Union are committed to a consistent, fair approach to meeting the needs of disabled workers, to restoring them to work which is meaningful and physically and psychologically safe for them and valuable to the Employer and to meeting the parties’ responsibilities under the law. The parties agree to cooperate in facilitating the return to work of a disabled nurseemployees. There will be ongoing and timely communication by all participants to ensure success. The parties will undertake to provide safe and meaningful employment for both permanently or temporarily disabled nursesemployees.