WCRI: Fear of Being Fired, Level of Education Can Predict Injured Workers’ Outcomes

Want to predict how well an injured worker will do after an on-the-job injury? Claimants with little education, who have poor English skills, suffer other ailments and who are afraid of getting fired are more likely to do poorly, according to research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Drs. Bogdan Savych and Vennela Thumula presented the findings of the first phase of a study on worker outcome predictors during a webinar Thursday. The research analyzed responses from more than 3,000 workers in eight states who were injured in 2010. The researchers collected data on the speed an...