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

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

New Global Partnership in Return to Work

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