Absenteeism in health care remains high: in April, May and June it was 6.5 percent. Over the past eighteen years, absenteeism in the second quarter in the sector was not so high, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
Absenteeism is highest in nursing, care and home care (7.9 percent), care for the disabled (7.2 percent) and childcare (6.9 percent).
An absenteeism rate of 6.5 percent means that of every thousand working days, 65 are not worked due to illness. Last year, absenteeism in health care was 6.1 percent. The average absenteeism of employees across all sectors was 4.7 percent in the second quarter of this year.
Statistics Netherlands cannot say to what extent corona has contributed to absenteeism due to illness. Even before the corona crisis, absenteeism in healthcare had been increasing for some time. earlier The professional association for nurses and care providers said that the increase is mainly caused by employees who contracted corona and people who had to wait at home for the results of a corona test.
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