Do Stronger Employer Responsibilities Enhance Workplace Accommodation for Sick-Listed Workers? Evidence from a Dutch Reform

Laura Jansen, Viola Angelini, Max Groneck and Raun van Ooijen
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Laura Jansen: University of Groningen
Raun van Ooijen: De Nederlandsche Bank

No 17606, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper studies the impact of stronger employer responsibilities for facilitating work resumption of sick or disabled workers on employers' workplace accommodation efforts during sick leave. We exploit a reform in the Netherlands that altered experience rating – i.e., shifting the costs of sick leave and disability insurance to the firm – both for permanent and non-permanent employees. Using unique Dutch survey data on workplace accommodation of long-term sick-listed workers, we show that experience rating has no significant impact on accommodation efforts. Moreover, we provide evidence that the reform led to more firms opting for self-arranging both the sick leave benefits and the reintegration process of sick non-permanent workers, instead of using the public insurance scheme.

Keywords: workplace accommodation; disability insurance; experience rating; employer incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H32 I13 J14 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2025-01
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