Transcript Incidence of Sick Leave

Sick Leave Benchmarking
Survey Report - 2004
Mr Joseph Farrugia
Director General - MEA
Respondents
Manufacturing
29
Hotels/restaurants
12
Miscellaneous services 46
Wholesale and retail
8
Banking and Finance
9
16 of these companies were parastatal
organizations
Incidence of Sick Leave
• Average incidence of sick leave per
employee in 2004 was 6.7 days
– 93.4% sick leave on full pay
– 5% sick leave on half pay
– 1.4% unpaid sick leave
223 working days (total no. of days in a
year – weekends, leave &
public holidays) = 3%
Sick leave figure recorded in
2002 & 2003
2002
2003
Av. Days
%
Av. Days
%
Manufacturing
8.3
3.7
8.9
3.95
Hotels/
Restaurants
Wholesale/
retail
Banking/
Finance
Other services
3.64
1.6
4.3
1.93
7
3.08
5.7
2.5
5.96
2.58
5.75
2.49
3.88
1.74
4.5
2.04
Construction
7.85
3.53
12.38
5.57
Sick Leave by Sector
Sector
Average No. of Days
Sick Leave
Manufacturing
7.5
Hotels and restaurants
2.7
Wholesale and Retail
5.9
Banking and Finance
5.8
Other services
8.2
Construction
6.6
Cost of Sick Leave (1)
To what extent do you consider sickness
absence to be a cost to your business?
Very
Significant
25%
Insignificant
21%
Significant
54%
Cost of Sick Leave (2)
In your opinion, what percentage of sick
leave is not due to genuine ill health?
>20<50%
14%
>50%
5%
>5%
50%
>10<20%
14%
>5% <10%
17%
Reasons for unjustified absence –
Manual workers
Fig. 4 Reasons for unjustified absenceManual Workers
Extension of
Leisure Time
25%
Hobbies
18%
House family
responsibility
26%
Part time Work
14%
Fatigue from
part time work
17%
Reasons for unjustified absence –
Non-Manual workers
Fig. 5 Reasons for unjsutified absence - Non
Manual Employees
Hobbies
13%
Extension of
Leisure Time
31%
House family
responsibility
31%
Part time Work
12%
Fatigue from
part time work
13%
Main causes of sickness –
Manual Employees
Fig. 6 Main causes of sickness -Manual Employees
Drink or Drug related absence
Non genuine Absence
Acute medical conditions
Muscolo skeletal injuries
Back pain
Recurring medical conditions
Stress
Minor illnesses
0
10
20
30
40
50
Score
60
70
80
90
100
Main causes of sickness –
Non-Manual Employees
Fig. 7 Main causes of Sickness - Non-manual employees
Drink or Drug related absence
Non genuine Absence
Acute medical conditions
Muscolo skeletal injuries
Back pain
Recurring medical conditions
Stress
Minor illnesses
0
20
40
60
score
80
100
120
Absence policies & practices
Fig. 8 Absence policies and practices
A doctor makes sporadic visits as directed by management
A company doctor visits all employees reporting sick leave
All sickness absence to be certified
Flexi time w ork arangements
Attendance bonus or incentives
Health Promotion
Stress counselling/employee assistance programmes
Restricting sick pay
Managers are trained in absence handling
Attendance record as a recruitment criterion
Return to w ork interview s for long absences only
Return to w ork interview s forall absences
Providing sickness absence information to line managers
Disciplinary procedures for unacceptable absences
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
no. of companies
80
90 100
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