Mattila-Holappa , P , Kausto , J , Aalto , V , Kaila-Kangas , L , Kivimäki , M , Oksanen , T & Ervasti , J 2021 , ' Alternative duty work as workplace-initiated procedure to reduce sickness absence ' , BMC Public Health , vol. 21 , no. 1 , 1154 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11181-1
Title: | Alternative duty work as workplace-initiated procedure to reduce sickness absence |
Author: | Mattila-Holappa, Pauliina; Kausto, Johanna; Aalto, Ville; Kaila-Kangas, Leena; Kivimäki, Mika; Oksanen, Tuula; Ervasti, Jenni |
Contributor organization: | Department of Public Health Clinicum Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki Staff Services |
Date: | 2021-06-16 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 9 |
Belongs to series: | BMC Public Health |
ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11181-1 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333922 |
Abstract: | PurposeAlternative duty work is a procedure that enables an employee with a short-term disability to perform modified duties as an alternative to sickness absence. We examined whether the implementation of an alternative duty policy was associated with reduced sickness absence in the Finnish public sector.MethodsTwo city administrations (A and D) that implemented an alternative duty work policy to their employees (n=5341 and n=7538) served as our intervention cities, and two city administrations (B and C) that did not implement the policy represented the reference cities (n=6976 and n=6720). The outcomes were the number of annual days, all episodes, and short-term ( |
Subject: |
Sickness absence
Work disability Alternative duty work Work modification FOLLOW-UP RETURN HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LEAVE PARTICIPATION RETIREMENT DISORDERS EMPLOYEES EPISODES 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
Self-archived version: | publishedVersion |
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