Notification of sickness absence and return to work (RTW)
Please read: Temporary rules in case of sickness
A notification of sickness absence must be submitted to the Payroll Unit on the first day of illness.
You report sickness absence through:
- logging in to Primula web (self-reporting)
or - phoning the Payroll Unit, phone 018-471 66 77 (workdays between 8-12)
or - sending an e-mail to lon@uadm.uu.se
When you have reported sickness absence you will automatically receive an e-mail containing information on how to proceed. At the same time, your head of department/equiv. and your administrator will receive an email notifying them that you are sick. If you are absent for more than seven days, you are required to provide a medical certificate, which should be submitted to the administrator at your department/equiv. If you are absent for more than 14 days, you must also submit the medical certificate to Försäkringskassan. The Payroll Unit will notify Försäkringskassan of your sickness absence.
Manual for notification of sickness absence
Notification of return to work (RTW)
You report returning to work through:
- logging in to Primula web (self-reporting)
or - sending an e-mail to lon@uadm.uu.se
An automatic e-mail is again sent to the administrator at your department/equiv. and to your supervisor/head of department for their information
Manual for notification of return to work
When you report sickness absence:
From 2019-01-01 (activated in the payroll system in April 2019)
Days 1-14, a sick pay is received from the university at the rate of 80 % of your monthly salary.
From this sick pay, a waiting period deduction of 3.68% of your monthly salary will be made. The amount of the deduction is the same, regardless of the duration or extent of the sickness absence.
From day 15, the employer notifies Försäkringskassan of your sickness absence. Försäkringskassan pays your sick pay up and until day 365. The university complements this with 10 % of your current daily pay as a sick pay supplement.
Examples
All examples are based on a monthly wage of 30 000 SEK.
A) An employee is 100 % absent owing to sickness during 5 days
5 working days’ deduction at 100 %: 6 900:-
Sick pay 80 % of the deducted pay above: 5 520:-
Waiting period deduction of the sick pay 3.68 % of the monthly pay: 1 104:-
Sum sick pay after the waiting period deductions: 4 416:-
B) An employee is absent owing to sickness half of Monday but is back on duty on Tuesday morning:
1 working day deduction at 50 %: 690:-
Sick pay 80 % of the deducted pay above: 552:-
Waiting period deduction (but only 552:- may be deducted from the sick pay): 1 104:-
Sum sick pay after the waiting period deduction: 0:-
C) An employee is sick 25 % of the Monday, gets well and returns to work Tuesday-Wednesday. S/he is subsequently ill again and is absent owing to sickness on Thursday and Friday at 100 %:
Sick pay period 1
1 working day deduction at 25 %: 345:-
Sick pay 80 % of the deducted pay above: 276:-
Waiting period deduction (but only 276:- may be deducted from the sick pay): 1 104:-
Sum sick pay period 1 after the waiting period deduction: 0:-
Sick pay period 2 (illness relapse within 5 calendar days)
2 working day deductions: 2 760:-
Sick pay 80 % of the deducted pay above: 2 208:-
Remaining waiting period deduction (on relapse) that could not be deducted the previous sick pay period: 828:-
Sum sick pay period 1 after the waiting period deduction 2: 1 380:-
Read more in Villkorsavtalet [the Agreement on General Salary and Benefits for employees in the private and state sectors] chapter 7.
Information from Arbetsgivarverket [Swedish Agency for Government Employers]
Sickness during approved vacation time
According to the Swedish Annual Leave Act you have the right to interrupt your vacation if you become ill. Like all other absences owing to sickness, this must be reported the same day (the first day of illness). Your vacation days are changed to sickness absence, and the vacation days can be saved to be used on another occasion, in which case a new application for vacation must be made and approved by your employer. If you do not interrupt your vacation, your vacation days will be spent.
Handbooks
Handbook for administrators (notification of sickness absence)
Handbook for attesting managers (notification of sickness absence)
Handbook for administrators (notification of return to work)
Handbook for attesting managers (notification of return to work)
Contact
Payroll Unit Phone: 018-471 66 77, workdays 8-12
Försäkringskassan