Working conditions and sickness management in the Netherlands

This chapter looks at the role of the workplace, which provides an ideal setting for interventions to help people in the workforce deal with mental health problems and retain their jobs. It first describes the link between working conditions and mental ill-health, reduced productivity and sick leave. Then the chapter discusses prevention policies to address psychosocial risks at work as well as sickness management strategies of Dutch companies. The chapter ends with a review of the central role of employers and occupational physicians in case of sickness absence.