Disease letter of a maximum of one month for the long -term sick. Good idea or do we make problem so worse? “Getting stricter is not harsh, but social”

It seems to Voka Menens in the fight against long -term absenteeism. In a flaming argument, the employers’ organization states that it must be done with the 500,000 incapacitated people who cost our country no less than 12 billion euros annually. According to Voka, the general practitioner could still prescribe sick leave for no more than one month, after which an employer will ‘take over’ the patient. Good idea or do we make it even worse? Seven questions to HLN work expert and Professor Labor Economics Stijn Baert (UGent). “A system like in the Netherlands can also work with us.”

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