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Funding introduced to help injured employees return to work
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New funding has been introduced to help people dealing with a mental or physical health impairment return to work, the province says.
B.C. is providing the National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR) with $6 million for a return-to-work and disability management education program and support project over the next four years.
The project has three strategies to support B.C. employers’ capacity to accommodate injured workers to return to work, as well as increase the number of people with disabilities in the provincial workforce: