How does the rehabilitation process work during sick leave?

The Social Insurance Agency has a coordinating responsibility for rehabilitation work. They are responsible for taking measures to enable the person on sick leave to support themselves through work, primarily with their current employer, but also with other employers in the labor market.
Primary care is responsible for medical rehabilitation.
The employer is responsible for rehabilitating the employee back to work with the employer. The employer must determine what work adjustments are needed and ensure that these are made, based on the individual's needs. If the employer ignores his or her responsibility, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency may become involved and make demands on the employer.
The employer must investigate the illness as early as possible and determine whether it is likely to require special measures. If the employee is likely to be absent due to illness for at least 60 days, the employer must draw up a rehabilitation plan by day 30.
The occupational health service must be involved if necessary. If the employer does not have access to the skills or resources needed for the rehabilitation, the employer is obliged to hire occupational health care or equivalent expert help from outside. The occupational health care service must participate in the work-related rehabilitation. Occupational health services must be impartial and independent in their assessments.
The employment service may sometimes be involved and is then responsible for work-oriented measures, such as job training and education to enable the person on sick leave to return to work at another workplace.

An individual assessment of how the rehabilitation process should be implemented must always be made in each case.