For its 2008 budget, the Swedish center-right government set as a priority the fight against absenteeism on the grounds of sickness and early retirement for incapacity for work. In the Spring, it announced an important series of measures, most of which came into force on July 1. (Ref. 080584)
The measures adopted, most of which came into
force on July 1, 2008, are significant. They aim to encourage people on a sick
leave or who retired early because of an incapacity for work to return to work,
through a series of meetings with the health insurance.
- After
three months, people who want to keep on receiving sickness benefits will
have to present a certficiate from their employer certifying that he
cannot redeploy them to a job that matches their health status. Employers
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