Help! someone in my team can not come to work.
This page provides an insight into the steps you need to take as a manager to ensure that the process during absenteeism runs as smoothly as possible following the requirements of 'Wet Poortwachter'. The agreements and registration regarding absence and reintegration are captured in MyHR.
Health and Safety service
The UT is working together with the Bedrijfspoli. Here you will find the contact details and availability of Bedrijfspoli professionals.
Emergency consultations can be requested via the service bureau of 'the Bedrijfspoli'. Emergency consultations are scheduled within 48 hours. To request an emergency consultation, please fill in the 'Request Emergency Consultation Form' and send it to Secr.nijmegen@debedrijfspoli.nl. This form is filled in by the manager of the concerned employee or by your HR advisor. For questions, you can reach the Service bureau through the number 024-3717799.
Questions for company doctor and work and health coach
For the work and health coach and the company doctor to provide more targeted and concrete advice about options for returning to work, we ask managers to provide active input by formulating questions before the planned consultation. Below you find some examples of questions supervisors can ask:
- Is there illness and/or disability?
- How can I initiate or improve communication with my employee?
- Is there an unhealthy reaction in a difficult situation?
- Under what conditions is it possible for my employee to perform work?
- What can I do to support the employee in returning to work?
- Could an (additional) intervention contribute to returning to work?
- Is there a labour dispute?
Process Absence & Reintegration
You can find information on the process of the first two years of absenteeism in the process section 'Wet Poortwachter'.
Absence Prevention
The University of Twente values an environment where employees can perform their jobs safely and healthily. You as a supervisor have an essential role in this. What could you for example do to keep your employees healthy or how do you recognize and prevent work pressure amongst your employees? On this page, we guide you through different subjects and possibilities.
In addition, the UT supports through various options and initiatives for the vitality of employees.
Grief assistance
As a manager, you may have to deal with an employee who is grieving due to the death of a loved one. Good guidance and ensuring that the employee experiences support can prevent or shorten (sickness) absence and contribute to a safe and healthy return to the workplace.
Work pressure Guide - Recognizing Symptoms
A high workload can have negative consequences for your employee(s). Think of deteriorated health, work stress, insomnia, burnout complaints and cardiovascular diseases. It is important that you as a manager, recognize the signals of a high workload and know what you can do to support your employees. The UT tries to support you in this using the work pressure guide, so that you recognize the signals of high work pressure and know what is possible.
This cobweb model can be a starting point for a conversation. You can ask your employee to fill in how they are feeling on a scale from 1 to 5.
It is a practical tool for managers to identify high work pressure among employees in your their team and opening up this topic for discussion.
More information and questions
Please contact HR Services for any further questions. Tel 053 489 8011.
For ideas, comments or changes to this page, please email webteam-hr@utwente.nl