Organizations that engage in joint and meaningful consultation between management and workers experience higher success and satisfaction rates with their return-to-work programs. Meaningful consultation provides information to all parties to enable their full participation and relies on their input when designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and revising the program.

The employer must consult with workers or the union in unionized environments prior to inviting individuals to participate in consultation. These representatives must be selected by their co-workers or union constitution where applicable. At least half of the individuals should represent workers.

The purpose of the joint consultation mechanism is to engage in meaningful consultation on the return-to-work program and to provide advice on complex return-to-work issues. The mechanism is not intended for day-to-day issues related to the individual return-to-work plans of particular injured workers.

For the purposes of PRIME Practice Incentive requirements you must:
Have a mechanism in place that provides for joint and meaningful consultation on the return-to-work program and complex return-to-work issues between management and workers.

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