This Communique highlights the experience at the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) of Ontario, Canada with regard to the results of a work reintegration strategy undertaken by them. More information

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the first organization in the United Kingdom to have achieved the Disability Management program best practices standard as defined by and awarded under the auspices of the IDMSC. For further details, please see the following link: University College London Hospitals

In 2013, during the year of the tenth anniversary since first signing a licensing agreement to offer the professional certification examinations, the DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance) renewed their licence agreement for another five years.  Full story

The Conference Board of Canada is in the process of a major research and education initiative on the impact of disability related workplace absences. In order to support this leading-edge initiative, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Conference Board of Canada and the National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR). Please find further details of the agreement as well as information regarding the research reports recently released by the Conference Board of Canada in the IDMSC Communique attached.

Conference Board uses Disability Management Self Assessment Tool to tackle high cost of absenteeism in Canada

The International Social Security Association (ISSA), a UN agency headquartered in Geneva, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Canada’s National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR) on June 10, 2013 to better support the global implementation of best practice Return to Work Guidelines. For further details, please click on the link to view the bulletin: ISSA and NIDMAR Sign MOU

The United Steelworkers have signed an agreement with the IDMSC to help workers and workplaces achieve better return to work outcomes for injured workers and workers with disabilities. The agreement allows workers and employers to access an internationally adopted return to work assessment tool (DMSA). For further details, please click on the link provided: Steelworkers

The Geneva-based International Social Security Association (ISSA) signed a milestone three-year agreement with the IDMSC to promote the IDMSC’s standards to its 330 member organizations in 153 countries. For further details, please click on the link to the newsletter: IDMSC News

The Social Security Organization of Malaysia (SOCSO / PERKESO) signed an agreement with the IDMSC for use of its curriculum and professional certification standards. For further details, please click on the link to view the newsletter: IDMSC News