Introduction

Managers play an important role in their staff’s sick-leave guidance at the University of Groningen. They are supported by the Human Resource Management Department (P&O) and the Health, Safety and Environment Service (AMD). The AMD can establish a team of various officials, such as University doctors, staff welfare officials and a University nurse, to support managers and assist the staff member on sick leave. The menu item University of Groningen Sickness Absence Protocol contains an overview of the procedures involved in a sickness report, the person responsible for each step and the aim of each step in the process.

The current University of Groningen sick leave policy can be found on the webpage University of Groningen Sickness Absence protocol 2006.