Topics: Sickness Absence

Causes

Illness, health beliefs, and personal and organisational issues are important determinants of sickness absence.

It is a common misperception that work is bad for your recovery and that a return cannot take place until completely symptom free.

Advice

A Fit Note allows doctors to advise people who are on sick absence for over 7 days on whether particular types of  support from their employer may be helpful to allow an early return to work.

Returning to work can in many cases help recovery  as work is generally good for health and wellbeing.

Futher information can be found on the HSE website.