What happens after reporting sick?

What happens if an employee calls in sick?

It depends on what the absence duration predictor indicates.

Expect shortly Sickness Absence

• We as Occupational Health Service taking no action.
• You maintain contact with the sick employee yourself.
• Make clear agreements about the work.
• Can't figure it out? Then you can brainstorm with the employability coach .

Expect long Sickness Absence

• On day 8, the employability coach will contact you as the employer.
• Together, we will determine how much guidance you need.
• Little experience with Sickness Absence or the Wet verbetering poortwachter Then we will guide you more intensively.
• Do you already know how it works? Then we stay more in the background.
• You can always contact the employability coach yourself.

Around day 14

• The occupational physician's practice assistant schedules an intake with the sick employee.
• He or she may also request medical information.
• Goal: quickly get a clear picture of the reason for the Sickness Absence .

After the intake

The practice nurse can — in consultation with the occupational physician — advise the following:

• An intervention (for example, a treatment or guidance)
• Adjusted work or different working hours
• An opinion from the company doctor, if necessary

From that moment on, the company doctor determines the next steps.