[tomcooks]

In EU companies have to appoint a medical expert that checks worker's health (for free) upon joining the company, and routinely (1-2 times a year, depends on country I guess). Edit: Could be something that only companies whose workers have to do physical labour ("blue collar" jerbs)

If you call in sick for more than three days you usually go through your own doctor, so that you get a certification that you're taking X days off in order to cure yourself

[antman]

It is compulsory at least for all companies over 50 people. There is a three level risk profile of the work the team does that assigns the respective doctor hours to the team. That is mostly for work related incidents or prevention as per the EU legislation.

For long term absence each country has different rules and paperwork.

[dusted]

EU citizen here, never heard of that, what country is that?

[Fiahil]

It's similar to what I see in France

[bmn__]

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[dusted]

interesting, we don't have it in dk, never heard of a company doctor or anything like it

[ralferoo]

I know the UK isn't EU any more, but I've never seen that before we left and I've worked in lots of companies in the UK, big and small.

In theory you should get a sick note after 3 days, because the government pays SSP (statutory sick pay) if you're ill, but in practice most companies pay you at your normal salary rate (if you're permanent, not per hour) and don't bother asking for sick note as the SSP is little more than minimum wage. Of course, this is in tech, I know that there are a lot of crappier jobs where employers trust their staff less, and I suspect in those industries the sick note is very much required.