Duty to declare and medical certificate The employee must inform the employer of his or her absence and, if possible, its duration without delay. If requested, the employee must present a medical certificate or other document accepted by the employer, indicating his or her incapacity for work. If the employer designates the doctor, the employer shall be responsible for the costs of obtaining a medical certificate.
Duty to declare and medical certificate The employee must notify the employer without delay of his incapacity for work and its estimated duration. The employee must present on request a medical certificate of incapacity to work or other report accepted by the employer. Regarding sick leave during maximum three calendar days the certificate can be issued by occupational health care personnel, health care nurse or nurse under the condition that • it is an epidemic illness (e.g. influenza or gastric influenza) and • the medical service has not been arranged as a part of the occupational health care paid by the employer and • the employee despite of repeated requests has not received an appointment at a doctor within the public health care due to classification of the urgency of the health care or due to other urgent reasons. If it requires employee to visit a particular doctor the employer pays the costs of procuring the medical certificate.
Duty to declare and medical certificate The employee must notify the employer without delay of his incapacity for work and its estimated duration. The employee must present on request a medical certificate of incapacity to work or other report accepted by the employer. Regarding sick leave during maximum three calendar days the certificate can be issued by occupational health care personnel, health care nurse or nurse under the condition that • it is an epidemic illness (e.g. influenza or gastric influenza) and • the medical service has not been arranged as a part of the occupational health care paid by the employer and • the employee despite of repeated requests has not received an appointment at a doc- tor within the public health care due to classification of the urgency of the health care or due to other urgent reasons. If it requires employee to visit a particular doctor the employer pays the costs of procuring the medical certificate.
