In the action plan, you and your employee will record the agreements you make about their return to work, and the support they will receive during this process. You will both also share your views on the agreements in the plan.

To create the action plan, both you and your employee must fill out the Action plan form (in Dutch) and sign it. Use the evaluation (‘Probleemanalyse’) by the occupational health physician (‘bedrijfsarts’) or the occupational health and safety service (‘arbodienst’) when doing this. Make sure you do this within 2 weeks of the evaluation being carried out. You and your employee will need to make an action plan in week 8 of their illness.

• the evaluation carried out by the occupational health physician or the occupational health and safety service
• your employee’s personal details, including name, address and citizen service number ('BSN')
• your payroll tax number (‘loonheffingennummer’)

You and your employee will be required to meet at least once every 6 weeks to see how their return-to-work process is going. If the action plan needs adjusting, you can update it and record any new agreements in the First-year evaluation form (‘Eerstejaarsevaluatie’).

To make sure the agreements in the action plan are followed, you and your employee will appoint a case manager. You can contact the case manager if something is not going according to plan. 

You might want to seek an expert opinion (‘deskundigenoordeel’) if you feel your employee’s return-to-work process is not going the way it should. Or if you have questions about your employee returning to work. Keep in mind that an expert opinion is not binding in any way.