Suva expands incentives for reintegration
Following a successful pilot test, Suva is expanding its reintegration program. In doing so, it wants to offer employers more financial incentives to give people a career perspective after an accident.
With the new incentive system, Suva has the option of covering reintegration costs of up to CHF 20,000.
The current economic situation and advancing digitalization are making it increasingly difficult to return injured workers to the labor market - especially if they are not trained at all or are poorly trained. To support companies that provide suitable jobs for these people, Suva is now launching the "Incentives for company reintegration" program.
The focus is on people who, after an accident, can no longer pursue their original occupation or can only do so again with great commitment from their employer. Another criterion is that there is no entitlement to an occupational measure from the disability insurance (IV) - either because the people concerned have no entitlement to retraining without training or because the IV does not become active for some other reason. However, the program is implemented in close cooperation between Suva and IV.
20,000 francs contingency fee
In the future, significantly more insured persons and companies will benefit from the optimized incentive system. To this end, Suva is expanding its services. In the future, the offer will also be available to companies that reintegrate their own injured employees. Until now, the incentive system applied to companies that created a job for an injured employee. Because: "We prefer to give our insured a perspective instead of a pension," says Peter Diermann, Head of Insurance Benefits at Suva.
With the new incentive system, Suva has the option of covering reintegration costs of up to CHF 20,000. "This includes, for example, workplace adjustments, costs for familiarization with a new job or training courses with a view to reassignment or new employment," says Diermann. In addition, a success fee of 20,000 francs can be paid out if the measure is successfully completed, he adds. These costs do not result in a premium burden for the companies. Suva's goal is to achieve financial savings through these measures.
The "Incentives for Occupational Reintegration" program replaces the pilot project "Occupational Reintegration Initiative," with which Suva has reintegrated 180 insured persons and saved CHF 30 million in pension payments over the past five years.
