Sep 10, 2023 at 11:59 p.m
Absenteeism in the Netherlands decreased in the first half of 2023 compared to last year. This is the first time since 2016, according to figures from statistics agency CBS.
In brief
Absenteeism due to illness in the Netherlands decreased in the first half of the year compared to last year. Absenteeism is down in almost all industries. Absenteeism in the healthcare sector is still high, but there too a decline.
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In the second quarter, absenteeism was 5 percent. This means that on average an employee was at home sick for five out of every hundred days. That is less than the 5.4 percent in the same period last year. Absenteeism was also lower in the first quarter than a year earlier.
In almost all industries, employees were absent less often than last year. Healthcare, traditionally the sector with the most absenteeism, also saw fewer absences due to illness. On average, healthcare staff spent 7 out of 100 days at home due to illness. That was 7.5 days last year.
Other sectors where absenteeism was relatively high last quarter were industry, logistics, education and government. There, employees were absent due to illness on average more than five days out of every hundred. Absenteeism is fairly limited in IT and agriculture, among others.
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