Your employee reports sick. What should you do next? As an employer, you have certain obligations. In our newsletter, we inform you about the most important things to take into account when your employee reports sick.
In this newsletter on employee illness we discuss:
• The most important dates if one of your employees calls in sick
• The privacy of a sick employee
• The employer’s obligations during the illness of an employee
• The employee’s obligations during their illness
• What to do in case of frequent short term sick leave of an employee
• Holiday during illness
• The dismissal of the ill employee
• The establishment of a sick leave policy
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Your employee has called in sick. What do you have to do to avoid an extension of the period in which you are obliged to continue to pay salary? Here is a practical step-by-step guide.
What are your obligations, as an employer, if one of your employees has been off work sick for a long term?
What can you, as an employer, do if it turns out that an employee on sick leave does not seem to be that sick after all? Can you stop paying wages? Re-claim wages paid in excess? Terminate the employment contract? Dismiss the person in question?
The statutory minimum hourly wage changes every six months. What are the new amounts as of 1 July 2026?
Can you dismiss your employee with immediate effect after a minor offence, such as the theft of a (very) low-value product? Yes, you can! However, a recently published decision shows it does not go without a risk!
Employees have a right to privacy in their private lives. This also applies to sick employees. However, they must also comply with their reintegration obligations and provide accurate information about their illness. What options does the employer have to check whether they are actually doing this?
