Illness

Notification of illness

You must notify your immediate manager of illness as soon as possible. The notification must made by telephone on the first day of illness - as early as possible.

If you have flexitime/core time, the notification must be made before the start of your core time.

If you do not have access to a telephone, you must beforehand make a written agreement on how to report illness.

It is important that you report your absence due to illness, as missing or undocumented absence due to illness could be considered unexcused absence which ultimately could result in expulsion.

 

What to notify

You must to the extent possible report the estimated duration of your illness. You are not obliged to tell the diagnosis or any symptoms you might have.

If required by the LIFE, you must document that your absence is a result of illness. You do this by submitting a 'mulighedserklæring' - a statement concerning the possibility of you taking up work again. The Mulighedserklæring is made by you and your managere and your PP. LIFE pays for the statement.

 

You and your manager can at any time ask for a Mulighedserklæring to be made up.

 

Medical certificate from 1st day of illness

If required by LIFE, you must also document, though the submission of a medical certificate, that your short-term absence is a result of illness. Such medical certificates are also paid for by the LIFE. Requests for medical documentation are normally made in connection with extensive or frequent absence.

 

Concerning the invoice for the certificate:

1) your own PP can send an e-invoice to The Faculty of Life Sciences EAN-nr. 5790 000 305 537 att. HR - Camilla Willemoes Larsen

2) If you have paid for the certificate yourself, please fill in the form http://oko.ku.dk/blanketter/english_documents/Udl_g_engelsk_v4_010909.xls/ - simply fill in the personal details and send the form, your receipt and the certificate to Human Resources.

After your illness

After your illness, you must fill in and sign the form Absence due to illness etc.

Your department will record your absence in ScanPas.

Invitation to interview about illness due to absence

University Of Copenhagen guidelines for illness due to absence

We place considerable emphasis on the management and the employees jointly preventing and handling specific cases of absence/illness through continuous, open and trusting dialog while respecting the employees’ integrity and right of absence due to illness.

It is essential for LIFE that any work-related problems are solved as quickly and smoothly as possible, both out of consideration for the individual employee and to secure the smooth running of work at LIFE. We place considerable emphasis on creating a dialogue between the place of work and the employee at an early stage.

For more information about illness and illness interviews at public sector workplaces, visit www.rasksnak.dk.

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