I’m often asked why an interactive tool kit is an effective means of transforming a company’s workers’ comp program. It’s a good question and the answer isn’t obvious.

The answer: This is how you bring it down to your workplace, superimpose it on YOUR culture; this is where you “bring it home.” Often an employer has many ideas of how to reduce their costs, but does not have the structure to make changes needed. In traditional programs, a consultant walks a company through the process, a technique that is very effective. Online resources serve the same purpose — automation of the process.

For example, just like when the CEO says “there will be a safety culture,” employees begin pushing their chairs in and engaging in concrete practices where a safety culture is superimposed on the workplace. In the workers’ comp cost containment context, the employee will start taking the Work Ability Form to the doctor, faxing it back, and working in a transitional duty assignment to keep the circle contained. This brings the book information down to the day-to-day implementation level. Tools provided by the online resource such as timetable, checklists and brochures are the conduit between the aggregate of knowledge and the individual employer. They are the pipeline for an individual to be able to transform thoughts to action. It provides the framework – it gives the tools to “eat elephant in one bite”.

Online tool kits are interactive not passive; this allows you to apply knowledge to the workplace. Every time you click, you move forward, a step closer to solving your problem. As an example, with Workers’ Comp Kit® you get your National Workers’ Compensation Management Score™, then move to the recommendations checklist, plot these on the timetable, and continue moving forward. It provides the structure needed to move forward.

Author: Rebecca Shafer, J.D. Rebecca designs and develops workers’ compensation cost containment programs, and is the developer or Workers’ Comp Kit, an on-line automated tool kit with an assessment, benchmarking and improvement plan. Rebecca can be contacted at: 860-786-8286 and email: RShafer@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com.  http://www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com

WC Calculator www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com/calculator.php
TD Calculator www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com/transitional-duty-cost-calculator.php
WC 101 www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com/workers_comp.php

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