The guidelines from national health authorities and social insurances, which should come into effect this coming October, advocate a considerable decrease in the appeal to sick leaves for "burnout" and depression. (Ref. 070684)
The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) and the social insurance administration decided to toughen regulations in terms of the granting of sick leaves to employees suffering from ‘burnout’ and depression. These two authorities published the guidelines, elaborated in cooperation with medical experts, which aim at supervising the appeal to this kind of leaves. This measure, wanted by the previous government, enjoys the support of the new governmental team. Indeed, ‘burnout’ is
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