The Government Will Tighten up on Sick Leave: – Costs Society a Lot

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Health Minister Jan Christian Vestre (Labour Party) will order GPs to issue more graded sick notes. It is important to try hard to reduce sick leave.

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The government is proposing several new measures to reduce sick leave. It will become more difficult to obtain full sick leave, says the Minister of Health.

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The government is proposing several new measures to reduce sick leave. It will become more difficult to obtain full sick leave, says the Minister of Health.

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Raising the requirements for sick leave The government and Health Minister Jan Christian Vestre are now launching several measures in the hope of reducing sick leave in Norway. Among them is the introduction of an order that doctors must issue more graded sick leave. – The doctor will still have his professional discretion, but it is a general rule today that sick leave must be graded. We see that very few of the short-term absences are graded …

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Minister of Health Jan Christian Vestre (Labour Party) and Minister of Labour Kjersti Stenseng (Labour Party) are taking action to reduce the number of sick leave days. The Norwegian Medical Association is critical of the measures.

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The government is today launching completely new measures that will contribute to reduced sick leave and fewer people dropping out of the workforce.