Webinar - What does an effective graded return-to-work look like?
24 April 2025
A 40-min webinar for HR and Line Managers, in partnership with our valued early intervention and rehabilitation partners Absence Management Solutions and Form Health UK.
About this event
A Graded Return to Work (GRTW) is standard for any absence being supported through Vocational Rehabilitation and is absolutely crucial to phasing an employee back into the workplace; a typical plan spanning around 6-8 week or longer. But we’re increasingly hearing that employers won’t support a GRTW of more than 2-4 weeks. The is resulting, in some cases, in employees being absent for much longer than necessary, and being left with the feeling that their employer is being unsupportive and unreasonable.
Are employers now writing GRTWs into their policies, effectively ‘setting in stone’ something that really needs to be individualised on a case-by-case basis?
We’d love this webinar to be a really interactive event, with our audience asking and responding to questions, with a view to exploring:
- Is this a trend?
- What do HR perceive to be the biggest barriers to supporting a return to work?
- What policies are already in place? What do they say? And why?
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This 40-min webinar will take place on Thurs 24th Apr 2025, at 11:00hrs and will be hosted on Zoom.
If you would like to submit a question for our expert speakers, please do so via email to eb.enquiries@generali.co.uk no later than Friday 18th Apr 2025.
A recording will be made available to all registered attendees after the event.
Expert Speakers
Alex Freeman
Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant
Absence Management Solutions
After qualifying as a nurse, Alex spent time gaining a wide range of clinical experience in both the NHS and private sectors before joining the largest group income protection provider in the UK in 1995 as their first ‘in-house’ nurse. Alex built a team offering specialist medical input for the Claims Management and Underwriting departments including file reviews, claim visits and training.
In 2006 Alex moved to another organisation where she developed a vocational rehabilitation team overseeing the rapid growth of this team and developing a market leading Early Intervention Service.
Alex started her own business, Absence Management Solutions Limited, in March 2014 and since then has worked with a large number of insurers providing vocational assessments, return to work case management, training, desk top reviews and audit. Alex has a keen interest in Mental Health recognising the importance of taking a holistic approach to any situation and considering both physical and psychological factors in relation to case management and return to work support.
Alex provides training for small and large employers on mental health awareness and management in the workplace and is a Mental Health First Aid instructor for Mental Health First Aid England.
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