Bridging the generation and gender gap
The most tenuous relationships between a worker and their rehabilitation consultant are often those between a young female consultant and a middle aged male worker.
With men historically making up the majority of workers compensation claims, including a high proportion over 50, and a high number of females in the vocational rehabilitation workforce in their 20s and 30s, the pairing of a middle aged male worker and a young female rehabilitation officer is common. For the most part, these relationships evolve as any other. But occasionally the issues of age and gender are compounded by ge...