Study Says Fear of Job Loss May Prompt Faster Return to Work

Some injured workers may speed up their efforts to return to work during the current recession out of concern over keeping their jobs, a new study by the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) reports.WCRI comments that recessions "typically mean fewer job opportunities and a greater likelihood that an injured worker will not be able to find suitable return-to-work employment.""In a particularly severe recession, therefore, we might expect that a larger number of injured workers will suffer longer-term unemployment," WCRI said.However, the study suggests that despite the severity ...