By Neil Rankin - Rankin Rehabilitation Services Rankin Rehabilitation Services assists small, medium and large employers reduce absenteeism due to employee disability through disability management program design and case management services. Proactively managing lost time claims and return to work can be an onerous activity.
Many employers have neither the time nor expertise to address the issues that arise.
Neither do workers' compensation boards or insurance companies. Although many employers believe that the management of lost-time claims is the responsibility of these bodies, the reality is that most simply don't have the staff or resources to return disabled employees to work as soon as medically possible. Given this, it is not surprising to find that more and more employers are turning to outside service providers to help them manage lost time claims and do whatever is required to get employees safely back to work. Using the StatsCan approach You might want to consider the following quick and easy statistical analysis. These measures allow you to take absenteeism data from a given period of time and extrapolate to arrive at an average number of days lost per full time employee per year.