Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Absenteeism Costs Arising from Musculoskeletal Disorders: Discussion
2:50 pm
Dr. Robert Ryan:
It may give the GP an opportunity, rather than calling it black or white - fit or unfit - to qualify that by saying what the person would be capable of doing and what he or she could not do, so that an employer could work with that or make an accommodation that would surmount the barriers to a return to work that the GP has identified.
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