Work: 17 days of absence per employee in 2014

Absenteeism from work saw a “slight increase” in the private sector in 2014, according to the barometer Alma Consulting Group. After a decline in 2013 (to 15.6 days of absence per employee), the number of days of absence in the private sector approached its 2012 level, with 16.6 days per employee.

Longer absences

According to this barometer, carried out with the CSA institute among 268 companies and 473 employees representing the private sector, the national absenteeism rate reached 4.59%, against 4.26% in 2013.

The authors of the barometer observe “an increase in the duration of absences, like the figures published by the National Health Insurance Fund”. The rate of employees who had no absence in 2014 stabilized at around 53%.

According to another study by the Malakoff Médéric group (health insurance and provident fund), covering 3 million employees, 32.6% of those questioned were absent in 2014 at least once a year, a figure stable compared to 2013 (32.4%). The average length of sick leave was 18.1 days, compared to 17.4 the previous year.

Working conditions, bad atmosphere …

Health and personal reasons are cited as the main causes of absence. But other factors, directly related to the organization of the company, are also at the origin of this absenteeism, according to Alma Consulting Group.

Among them, employees cite a poor organization or their working conditions (9%), a lack of recognition (7%), an excessively high workload (6%), a bad atmosphere (4%), or a lack of managerial support (4%).