The Shell Disability Management Program: A Five-Year Evaluation of the Impact on Absenteeism and Return-on-Investment

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the Shell Disability Management Program (DMP) on U.S. manufacturing employee absenteeism. Methods: We estimated absence episodes and days lost per employee from 2004 to 2008 compared to pre-program values in 2002, and productivity gains from transitional duty (TD...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2010-05, Vol.52 (5), p.544-550
Main Authors: Wendt, Judy K., Tsai, Shan P., Bhojani, Faiyaz A., Cameron, Derrick L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Disability
Female
Humans
Impact analysis
Industry
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Occupational Health
Occupational medicine
Organizational Case Studies
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Program Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Return on investment
Sick Leave - economics
Sick Leave - trends
United States
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective: To evaluate the impact of the Shell Disability Management Program (DMP) on U.S. manufacturing employee absenteeism. Methods: We estimated absence episodes and days lost per employee from 2004 to 2008 compared to pre-program values in 2002, and productivity gains from transitional duty (TD). Results: Between 2002 and 2008, absence episodes/100 employees decreased from 37.4 to 25.7 among hourly workers but increased from 9.7 to 13.1 among staff employees. Days lost per employee decreased from 7.4 to 5.2 for hourly employees and were virtually unchanged for staff employees. TD resulted in 6042 days saved in 2006 and 11,438 days in 2008, with direct cost savings of more than $4.1 million from 2006 to 2008. Conclusions: The Shell DMP emphasizes absence tracking, timely return-to-work, and facilitation of TD. Absenteeism decreased significantly after DMP implementation, particularly among hourly employees, with an estimated 2.4:1 return-on-investment.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181dbc8c2