INPS: PROGNOSIS BINDING FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER (ITALIA OGGI, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, PAGE 33)

The Inps, with message no. 6973/2014, clarified that in case of sickness the doctor’s prognosis is binding for both the employee and the employer. Therefore, the employer cannot allow the employee on sick leave to come back to work even if the latter, feeling recovered, wants to return earlier than the date indicated in the medical certificate. The early return, in fact, is only possible in the presence of a medical certificate that is able to change the original prognosis.