Cancer and in general long-term illnesses at workplaces

The aim of this Study is to gain an understanding of the barriers but also of the facilitators enhancing reintegration outcomes for chronically sick and absent workers. Cancer is addressed as a specific long-term illness throughout the study, in order to delimit, and, at the same time, concretise issues and proposals. The Study also intends to highlight the characteristics of national legislations concerning support for workers with long-term illnesses. The different schemes and approaches applied across the Member States are analysed to point out the level and duration of social protection of sick workers, as well as how different countries support the workers’ wages and previous standard of living during and after sick leave.