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    ADJUSTMENTS / WHEN SOMETHING MORE IS NEEDED

    Don’t wait for
    the sick note.

    Not everything can be planned away. In this imagined building firm, an employee asks for a chat before the working day gets even harder.

    Four panels. A carpenter says he cannot quite keep the pace right now. The manager asks what works and what is getting difficult. He suggests calmer tasks for a while. She wants to see what they can do. The laptop lies closed on the table.

    A lot of important work can be done before anyone goes on sick leave. A conversation can be the start of a better-adjusted working day.

    Read the dialogue

    “I can’t quite keep the pace right now.”
    “What works, and what is getting difficult?”
    “Calmer tasks for a while, maybe?”
    “Let’s see what we can do.”

    Early support should make it safer to stay in work. It must not pressure anyone to work when their health needs treatment, rest or sick leave. EU-OSHA on health at work and return to work →

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    English edition · Revision 1 · 13 September 2026.
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