Webinar: How Can We Help Workers Keep Their Jobs After Injury, Illness?

The Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work Policy Collaborative is hosting a policy webinar to provide information about how workers can keep their jobs after they develop a career-threatening medical condition. Speakers Yonatan Ben-Shalom, project director, SAW/RTW Policy Collaborative; Jennifer Christian, president, chied medical office of Webility Corporation; and David Stapleton, director, Mathematica Policy Research’s Center for Studying Disability Policy will discuss the reasons behind avoidable work disability and job loss; the benefits of stay-at-work/return-to-work policies for state and local governments and their constituents; and state and local policies that could help workers keep their jobs after an injury or illness. Pre-registration is required for this free webinar. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.