Sounding Board: How employers can help employees bridge the gap between recovery and return to work

That step, the ‘return gap,’ doesn’t fit neatly into a psychological or a medical return-to-work model. The return gap is about realizing this and asking a lot of questions about what will happen. Read: Colliers lands award win for individualized, interventional approach to absence managementAs a psychologist, I spent years helping people recover and return to work. Does the work return plan fit with what they’ve become or is it about their previous skill set and the demands of the workplace? Read: Report finds women taking 69% of all mental-health leaves of absenceThe gap between recovery and return to work is real.