Success rate and predictors of return to work after implementation of a formal return-to-work trajectory: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Long term sick leave (SL) is increasing in Europe, several countries have legislative initiatives to reduce long-term absenteeism.

Objective: We evaluated the impact of a legally defined return-to-work (RTW) trajectory on the RTW of employees on sick leave in Belgium.

Methods: This was a retrospective register-based cohort study of employees (n = 1416) who followed an RTW trajectory in 2017.

A conceptual framework addressing the complex labour market dynamics of the work-to-retirement process.

The way in which retirement is conceptualized and measured is likely to influence the research findings. The previous literature has addressed a wide range of elements related to the complex work-to-retirement process, such as early, late and partial retirement, statutory retirement, work disability and unemployment paths to retirement, or different types of bridge employment. However, conceptual clarity in terms of connections between the different elements is called for.

Psychosocial determinants predicting long-term sickness absence: a register-based cohort study.

Background: This study assessed the psychosocial determinants as explanatory variables for the length of the work disability period. The aim was to estimate the predictive value of a selected set of psychosocial determinants from the Quickscan questionnaire for the length of the sick leave period. A comparison was also made with the most common biomedical determinant: diagnosis.