Social Affairs
Sick at Home but Still Exercising or on Vacation: What Is Allowed?
A woman in Tilburg lost her job after competing in a Hyrox race while sick-listed, sparking debate about employee rights during illness. Labor law attorney Jean-Louis van Os clarifies that company doctors determine permissible activities based on recovery needs, meaning exercise or vacations may be allowed if they aid healing. Employers cannot unilaterally decide fitness for work without medical opinion, and courts generally side with official medical judgments unless evidence suggests deception, as seen in previous cases involving fraudulent sick leave claims.
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