[New liaison meeting with the employer during sick leave stopage].

THE NEW LIAISON MEETING WITH THE EMPLOYER DURING SICK LEAVE. Prolonged work stoppages can be accompanied by a risk of job loss. In the overall job retention strategy, the importance of a concerted return-to-work plan between the worker, the occupational physician, the employer and the attending physician was highlighted in the recommendations of the high health authority on job retention.

[Multiple sclerosis, work and job retention].

Becoming unfit for work or losing one's job because of multiple sclerosis is not inevitable. Many tools are available and occupational health professionals are now specifically mandated to support workers, whether or not they are employees, in maintaining their jobs, thanks in particular to the prevention of professional displacement unit, the recommendations of the French National Authority for Health and better coordination.

[Return to work for cancer patients].

Return to work is a public health priority which led the French Health Authority to publish recommendations about "return to work and health: prevention of exclusion from work". The aim of this article is to present a literature review of return to work after cancer. Studies about medium-term and long-term effects of cancer are sparse.

Impact of multiple sclerosis on employment and use of job-retention strategies: The situation in France in 2015.

Objective: The main objective of this survey of persons with multiple sclerosis was to describe their employment situation. Secondary objectives were to ascertain when and how multiple sclerosis symptoms first impact employment per se and what strategies persons with multiple sclerosis use to cope with their employment problems.

Methods: A retrospective survey was conducted to collect data from persons with multiple sclerosis aged 18 years and over, using a computer-assisted web tool.

[Acute cardiovascular disease and job retention].

Since it allows a better quality of life, return to work must be considered ever since the early stages of the health care pathway following a cardiovascular disease. Seeing the occupational physician beforehand, so as to anticipate the return to work, is crucial. Dialogue between cardiologists, general practitioners and occupational physician, still observing medical confidentiality, must allow a better quality of return to work.

[Job retention and health issues: an example of personalized assistance in northern France].

"Santé Emploi Info Service" (Health and Employment Information Service) is a regional information service aimed at providing support and assistance to people who are struggling to perform their job effectively or to return to work as a result of a health problem. Through personalized assistance and follow-up, the service aims to help individuals to avoid professional exclusion, to provide accessible information, and to encourage networking between healthcare professionals and services specializing in job retention and vocational rehabilitation. In total, 1,392 calls have been received since the service opened in 2006, with most calls dealing with employment, income and legal matters and a range of psychological counseling issues.

Illicit drugs, testing, prevention and work in France: ethical and legal issues.

The use of illicit drugs in the workplace raises issues pertaining to prevention and safety and the responsibility of the various members of staff. It also brings into question the interface between work and private life. If employees are in theory responsible for their own safety and risk heavy penalties in the event of the consumption of illicit drugs in the workplace, such behaviour has to be proved.

[Claim, recognition and compensation of occupational dermatitis].

Occupational dermatitis are very frequent with important social and economic implications. Detection of an occupational factor must be systematic because it may require prevention and a compensation may be due to the patient. The general practitioner will be assisted either by the occupational physician or by specialised services to help the patient to take the necessary administrative steps.