"When employees leave work as the result of a disabling injury or illness, it is not simply a matter of adding up the medical bills and income replacement costs to determine the impact of disability on the workplace. Essentially, knowledge and experience are lost, workplace efficiency decreases, customer relations suffer and productivity declines. In fact, with the skills shortage in South Africa, no employer can afford to lose even one valued employee due to health or disability being poorly managed." 

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Our Functional Disability Management (FDM) Process should be regarded as a vital workplace prevention and remediation strategy. Our process aims to prevent occupational dysfunction and disability from occurring, and when necessary, to intervene early following the onset through the use of coordinated, cost-effective, quality case management and rehabilitation services that reflect an organisation’s commitment to continued employment of those experiencing functional work limitations.

 

Our integrated FDM Process is unique as we aim to coordinate the individual care, benefit and case management components with a focus on early return to work.

 

All our strategies (P&P, SAW and RTW) within our FDM Process aim to improve overall workforce health, ease the administrative burden, and provide a seamless set of benefits for employees with disabling injuries and illnesses.