On the Road to a Job after an Industrial Injury

“With the growth of the Retention Centre, knowledge about industrial injuries has become much more profound. We can use each other in an entirely different way. It is also a completely new thing for them to go out and talk to the person who has been injured, “ says a case worker about the Centre’s mobile task force, which holds roundtable discussions in the municipalities.
The Retention Centre receives many positive comments in this evaluation. The majority of the interviewed case workers, trade union representatives, employers and citizens believe that the Centre has helped bring about more socially responsible clarification and more rapid and forward thinking case processing in industrial injury cases.
However, several of those interviewed also convey that there is room for improvement. In particular timing in relation to the involvement of the Centre could be improved. Moreover several of them would like to see more information about the Centre’s work. Some union representatives and citizens are more sceptical about the Centre, and some citizens have also had bad experiences with the involvement of the Centre.
The Retention Centre was established in early 2008 to improve cooperation between the National Board of Industrial Injuries and municipalities in connection with industrial injuries. The survey is based on 24 qualitative interviews and has been financed by the National Board of Industrial Injuries.