Changes increase claims Other circumstances may lead to a rise in spurious benefits claims. Mergers and layoffs spike the incidence of workers seeking long-term disability benefits. When a layoff is announced well in advance, the increase typically happens within three months before the layoff. Long-term disability benefits typically rise three to six months after mergers when employees who have stuck it out decide that they do not like the new corporate structure. Return to work can be more difficult for some impairments.
Psychiatric disabilities represent the fastest growing cause of lost time.
Workers with invisible impairments, including psychiatric disabilities and soft-tissue injuries, can be more difficult to bring back, he said. However, the ADA prohibits such generalizations about people with disabilities, requiring instead that employers consider the workers on an individual basis. Supervisors should be trained not to rush return to work too much. When he wanted to get married, he could not think of a good way to pop the question, so he asked his older brother for advice. His brother suggested that Simonds go see a movie about married couples with his girlfriend and ask her if she'd like to live like that too.