Tag: prevention
Vacation Shaming: STOP IT
Preventative Disability Management — Workplace Health
Recently I found myself apologizing to a colleague because I was planning to take a week of holiday. I had returned from a holiday not long before, and I felt embarrassed about being away...
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Are Peer Support Programs Right For Your Workplace?
Mental Health — Preventative Disability Management
When a union is a workplace stakeholder, opportunity for creative health protection programs can improve, especially when the union plays a key role in the employee’s work life. Earlier this month I was privileged...
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The Pain of Silence Around Substance Abuse
Mental Health — Preventative Disability Management
This week was particularly sad for my household, as we learned that our good friends lost their son, suddenly, and of course tragically. He was very young, and we know little about what happened,...
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Getting Rid of the “Sick Note”
Preventative Disability Management
Many disability management programs or processes require that employees provide sick notes from their physician to validate their work absence. These notes vary in content, but many include an estimate for the time away from...
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How You Can Use Treatment as Prevention From Ill Health
Mental Health — Preventative Disability Management
I recently read a very interesting article that discusses the use of PrEP (pre exposure prophylaxis) to prevent HIV infection within at risk populations. The treatment is otherwise known as the HIV prevention pill...
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