Disability management is paying off

Getting mobile: Ainul (second from left) and union head Hanafiah Ramli (in blue, right) during a visit to the company‘s physiotherapy centre where an employee is undergoing treatment.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has spearheaded the handling of disability management for disabled workers in the Asean region by having a more inclusive and integrative approach.

Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, who is the International Social Security Association secretary-general, said traditionally, work injury insurances focused on providing injured workers with medical treatment and financial compensation in cases of invalidity.