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Stay at Work / Return to Work

The following Stay‐at‐Work/Return‐to‐Work (SAW/RTW) process model is driven by the need to reduce unnecessary work absence, job loss, and associated negative consequences when employees experience health‐related incidents that affect their ability to perform their usual jobs. The SAW/RTW process provides employees with health‐related incidents the financial, social and psychological benefits and stability of remaining in the workforce. This model is based on the belief that you don’t get better and then go back to work; you go back to work to get better.