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The government wants to tackle work stoppages, the cost of which jumped by 8.2% in 2022. To do this, it intends to tighten its controls.
Heavy task for Health Insurance. In 2022, sick leave cost Social Security more than 16 billion euros. The government decided to control them, giving more power to the employer. Today, when the company sends a doctor to an employee to check their state of health and judges them fit to work, Health Insurance must carry out a second opinion. From now on, the employee will immediately lose his compensation if he does not return to work.
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“There is no question that a doctor paid by the company can contradict and have the last word on this subject. Having another doctor check the validity of the decision I made in the name of some lack of knowledge of my patient, I will totally oppose it.“, reacts Dr. Richard Handschuh, general practitioner. For Benoît Serre, of the national association of human resources directors, the change in rules is all the more complex as the nature of work stoppages has changed.