Changes in legislation lead to earlier return to work after prolonged sickness absence
Press relase, Helsinki 21.10.2015 Employees are returning to work slightly sooner after long periods of work disability, and days at work have increased since the 2012 changes to the Health Insurance and Occupational Health Care Acts. This is reported in a study by the Finnish institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), which was published in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal.The clearest change was seen among those whose work disability had lasted about three months, whereas among those with shorter sickness the change was not so significant. More and more employees