Can a public official return to work before the end of his sick leave?
Verified 18 January 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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You're a public servant
If you wish to resume work before the scheduled end date of your sick leave, you have to justify with your employer administration that you're fit to resume your duties.
To do this, you must have a new work stoppage established by the doctor who prescribed your work stoppage, with an end date earlier than that originally planned.
Without this voucher certifying that your state of health enables you to resume your duties, your administration may object when you return to work.
You're contractual
If you wish to resume work before the scheduled end date of your sick leave, you have to justify with your employer administration that you're fit to resume your duties.
To do this, you must have a new work stoppage established by the doctor who prescribed your work stoppage, with an end date earlier than that originally planned.
Without this voucher certifying that your state of health enables you to resume your duties, your administration may object when you return to work.
You must inform your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund as soon as possible to suspend the payment of daily sickness benefits (IJ).
If it is your administration that directly collected the IJs and maintained your remuneration during your sick leave, it is your administration that informs CPAM of your early resumption.
If applicable, your CPAM recovers the compensation that should not have been paid to you because of your early recovery.
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You're a public servant
If you wish to resume work before the scheduled end date of your sick leave, you have to justify with your employer administration that you're fit to resume your duties.
To do this, you must have a new work stoppage established by the doctor who prescribed your work stoppage, with an end date earlier than that originally planned.
Without this voucher certifying that your state of health enables you to resume your duties, your administration may object when you return to work.
You're contractual
If you wish to resume work before the scheduled end date of your sick leave, you have to justify with your employer administration that you're fit to resume your duties.
To do this, you must have a new work stoppage established by the doctor who prescribed your work stoppage, with an end date earlier than that originally planned.
Without this voucher certifying that your state of health enables you to resume your duties, your administration may object when you return to work.
You must inform your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund as soon as possible to suspend the payment of daily sickness benefits (IJ).
If it is your administration that directly collected the IJs and maintained your remuneration during your sick leave, it is your administration that informs CPAM of your early resumption.
If applicable, your CPAM recovers the compensation that should not have been paid to you because of your early recovery.