Arbetsgivarens rehabiliteringsansvar
Work environmentRehabilitationThe employers responsibility for theArbetsgivarens rehabiliteringsansvarArbetsmiljöRehabiliteringSystematiskt arbetsmiljöarbete
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the employers? responsibilities for rehabilitation ofemployees in Sweden, who due to illness or injury are unable to work. The process of therehabilitation will be analyzed in a gender perspective. A minor comparative study aboutrehabilitation in Denmark will also be carried out. The purpose is to see how the process ofthe rehabilitation is designed for those who due to illness or injury are unable to work, whichfactors that affects the rehabilitation and which differences there are between Denmark andSweden regarding the employers responibility for rehabilitation. A juridical method has beenused for in this study.It is mainly the social insurance office, the employer and the employee who have theresponsibilities for the process of the rehabilitation. The social insurance offices foremostfunction is to coordinate and supervise the efforts, which are needed for the rehabilitation.The employers shall take actions which are needed for an effective rehabilitation, haveresponsibility for the systematic work environment management and give the social insuranceoffice the information that is needed. The employees responsibility is to participate in theplanning of the rehabilitation and in the actual rehabilitation as good as possible.There are many factors which affect the rehabilitation for those who due to illness or injuryare unable to work. It can for example be the employees own participation in therehabilitation, the systematic work environment management and the size of the company.There are differences between Sweden and Denmark regarding the employers responsibilityfor the rehabilitation. The most important difference is that the employer in Denmark does nothave any responsibilities for the rehabilitation. There is also a difference between thecountries in the employment security.