In today's society, the demands at work have increased and the employees are at the disposal
of the organizations success. The working environment today can be perceived as a hot topic,
and on this basis it may also appear that rehabilitation regarding return to work should be
given a greater focus. It appears that it is a lack in rehabilitation at present moment, therefore
greater efforts should occur to develop routines, working relationships and working
techniques with the individual in focus. This study was conducted in a profit-producing
company in Sweden and the purpose of the study is to get the company's vision and guidance
documents regarding their rehabilitation process. Furthermore, the purpose is to describe how
the individual experiences their rehabilitation process. This in order to finally compare these,
to see how well the rehabilitation process works and how it is perceived by its employees. In
conclusion, the purpose is to contribute to the company with possible improvement
suggestions regarding the individual perspective in the rehabilitation process.
This study is based on a qualitative method, where we have interviewed a person who holds
rehabilitation responsibility for the company in question. In addition, interviews have been
made with six employees who have gone through a rehabilitation process at the company. The
result of this study has been analyzed based on the theoretical reference framework of this
study. The empirical result showed that the individual in vocational rehabilitation is
influenced by several factors at the workplace. The factors that we could discern in this study
are how the approach takes place between employers and employees, partly through support
and communication, but also how the rehabilitation work is experienced. The study also
shows that the working conditions for the individual are important through job satisfaction
and the work adjustment that has taken place during their rehabilitation. Another factor of
influence for return to work are how much the individual has participate in their process and
the importance of being able to influence in decisions. These factors are important in
rehabilitation situations in order to generate a successful return to work.