Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314503 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17606
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
workplace accommodation
disability insurance
experience rating
employer incentives
JEL: 
H32
I13
J14
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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