Nearly one in three employees (31%) find it difficult to reconcile professional and personal life. A figure up 4% compared to the previous health survey by the Malakoff Médéric group, which dated back to 2009. These difficulties particularly affect managers (35%), 30-39 year olds (34%) who have to take care of young children, but also employees who report caring for a dependent relative (44%).
Another underlying trend: 15% of employees say they care for a dependent or sick member of their family. This figure reached 23% among employees over fifty (up five points over one year).
One in five employees suffers from a chronic illness
According to this 2013 barometer, 19% of employees suffer from a chronic illness. Among employees aged over 50, these health problems are even more serious because they concern almost 1 in 3 people (ie ten points more than the average).
“The lengthening of working life and the raising of the retirement age will only accentuate the problems that employees are already encountering today. Health at work must therefore be placed among the priorities of company”, explains Julien Guez, Strategy, Marketing and Public Affairs Director of Malakoff Médéric.
Stability of sick leaves
According to data from Malakoff Médéric relating to 2.6 million employees, one in three employees (34%) stopped working at least once in 2012, a very slight increase compared to 2011 (33 .5%) and 2010 (32.3%).
Sick leaves of 1 to 3 days are the most numerous (41% of leaves), ahead of those of 4 to 9 days (29%), 10 to 30 days (18%), and more than a month (12%) .
The average number of days of absence per absent employee was 34.7 days (a stable figure compared to 2011). In total, in a company of 1,000 employees, sick leave represents on average the equivalent of 40 full-time jobs.
