Checkpoints for Sickness Allowance Periods: Implementation of Rehabilitation and Return to Work
Prolonged sickness allowance periods should be prevented, as long sickness absences forecast a subsequent transition to disability pension. Well-timed rehabilitation can help prevent prolonged periods of incapacity for work.
This research project generates data on rehabilitation participation and labour market paths among individuals on sickness allowance periods of varying lengths. By using comprehensive register data, the project produces information on the extent to which individuals on sickness allowance periods of various lengths have participated in rehabilitation organised by different operators. In addition, the project provides information on the individuals’ labour market and benefit paths after sickness allowance periods and the effects of rehabilitation on post-sickness-allowance labour market position.
The first subproject studies how individuals are referred to rehabilitation during sickness allowance periods as well as the transitions after allowance periods of various lengths in recent years. The second substudy studies the possible differences in rehabilitation participation and labour market transitions before and after the 2012 amendments to law concerning the monitoring of accumulated sickness allowance days. The results of this research project benefit the development of the sickness allowance and rehabilitation systems and the monitoring of the effects of sickness allowance checkpoints. Furthermore, the results advance the understanding of the process behind incapacity for work.
Researchers
- Jenni Blomgren, Leading Researcher
- Riku Perhoniemi
- Hanna Rinne
- Mikko Laaksonen
Project Implementation Period
1.3.2022–30.9.2023 The project has ended.
