Labor absenteeism beats their own record: long -lasting casualties grow 20% in ten years
- elEconomista.es
The absence of an employee in his job, for different reasons on vacation or holidays, in 2018 a total cost of more than 85 was.140 million euros, 10% more than the previous year.The direct economic impact equals 0.4% of GDP.A report presented by Adecco Group Institute analyzes all details that emanate from an increasing trend in Spain.
Labor absenteeism, that is, the hours of work lost due to the absence of the employee with respect to the effective hours, has reached the range of social and economic phenomenon in our country.Its evolution in the last 20 years attests to, from its climbing in the period 2000-2007, when the rate shot from 3.7% to 4.95%, to the current 2018 historical record, when it has made a summitIn 5.3%.Only between 2012 and 2013 this parameter presented a marked decrease, which was anecdotal.
If we translate the percentages into people, the equivalence implies that 753.000 salaries did not go to their workplace throughout the year -In 2017, there were 701.000-.
This problem results in an economic cost in companies and public coffers.The direct impact caused in the last year exceeds 6.900 million euros for companies and almost 4.500 million in benefits;The total cost is fired at 85.140 million, 10% more than in 2017.Only in terms of opportunity cost, that is, the goods and services that were stopped producing and selling, the report points to more than 70.740 million euros.
Most of the work casualties were extended for a maximum of 15 days the previous year - almost 70% - and only 10% meant an absence greater than three months.However, it is important to underline the increase in the average duration of this type of casualties, which amounts to 275 days.A decade ago, long -lasting average was almost 20% lower.
In women there is a greater number of these long absences at work due to maternity casualties, still much longer than paternity in Spain.Thus, in the casualties due to common contingencies, the index in them represents 37%, compared to 27% of them.
Basque Country, at the head of absenteeism
Although the upward trend prevails in almost all autonomous communities-absenteeism grew by 15 of 17-in some higher increases have occurred in the last year, such as Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León and Andalusia.However, leading absenteeism is the Basque Country, with more than 125 hours lost a year by worker;They are followed by Navarra, with 112 lost hours;Asturias, 103 hours, and Castilla y León, 102 hours.
In the lower part of the table, Balearic Islands stand out as the only territory with less than 50 hours lost per worker in 2018 -in concrete, only 43.6 hours not worked are computed -.Andalusia is the following region with less absenteeism: just over 62 hours per year and worker.
For sectors there are also some differences.Industry and services hold the highest absenteeism rates.The first, with 5.6%, beats its own historical record, as well as the services sector, with 5.4%.The lowest rate of hours not worked by the construction of construction.
In health -related subsectors, public administrations, defense and extractive industries are lost more than 100 hours per year of work.On the contrary, the most limited loss occurs in hospitality, real estate, education and scientific and technical activities.
Size does matter
The study analyzes other factors to take into account as the magnitude of the company or the age of the workers most prone to absenteeism.In relation to the first parameter, the loss of working hours is lower in small companies, which do not exceed dozen workers.Specifically, there is almost 63% less absenteeism than in corporations with more than 250 employees.
By ages, the absence to the job occurs more frequently in employees that exceed 55 years than in children under 24.Adecco's report concludes that older workers usually present a strong.
