By Joey BerlinSouthern Bureau ChiefInjured workers who fear being fired are likely to take longer to return to work, according to the first phase of a Workers Compensation Research Institute study.WCRI’s Predictors of Worker Outcomes is Phase 1 of a four-phase, 20-state study looking at the factors that influence injured worker outcomes. The studies examined data from Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, and broke out each into its own state-specific study, which also featured the data collected across all states.The studies f...
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