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Managing Sickness Absence
Policies and practices in an international context
Rienk Prins r.prins@astri.nl
In most countries, sickness absence, absence from work due to work incapacity, is a regular topic. Although there are periods that absence rates are low, employers or Human Resource Management (HRM) know they constantly have to pay attention to the subject. Also on societal level sickness absence now and then evokes concern, in particular when absence rates are rising, public expenditures are being cut, or when incidents with sickness certification evoke public discussions. This paper firstly informs about cross-national patterns of sicknes absence rates. Subsequently, an overview will be given of
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licies and measures applied to manage (hig) sickness absence.
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