Contemporary society is highly competitive on the labor market characterized by a continuous flow of information (some even fake news) of technological, scientific, social and economic nature. Professional challenges, access to mass media and lifestyle changes require an increasingly vigorous work rythm flexibily adapted to competitive economic policies. Within this context, part of the employed population faces stressful situations that lead to the acquisition of different forms of psychiatric disorders. One of the most common is the so-called "burnout" on which there is no single policy at Member State level to (not) fit into medical diagnoses. The paper addresses the issue of continuing careers for the person who experiences "burnout". The first part of the paper reviews the definition, the main measurement methodologies, the international regulations and the measures adopted within the European Union. The second part focuses on the Romanian approach to "burnout" from the perspective of adopted social policy measures. The third part of the paper is dedicated to social policy recommendations to support the occupied population who acquires such medical diagnosis. From the methodological point of view, office analysis and secondary statistical analyzes are used on databases available at international and national level (Ministry of Labor and Social Justice, National Authority for Persons with Disabilities). The paper belongs to the medical sociology and of the series of studies dedicated to stress management and addresses both academia-academia and employees and employers.