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The year of coronavirus
2020 was the year of coronavirus. To what extent was 2020 different from 2019?
Sickness absence at lowest level since 1996
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was reduced to 3.9 percent in 2013, i.e. at any one time 39 in every one thousand employees were absent due to sickness. The rate reached...
Sickness Benefits Act (ZW)
The law insures employees against the expense from sickness and labour disability. The law applies when there is no legal obligation to continue paying wages.
Sick leave percentage
The number of calendar days (including weekends) of sick leave in the observation period, divided by the labour volume (in fulltime equivalents) multiplied by the number of calendar days in the...
Reporting frequency of the sickness absence rate in government
The ratio between the number of cases of sick leave started in the observation period and the number of employees. The duration of the observation period influences the reporting frequency which...
The need for timely official statistics
This paper discusses how Statistics Netherlands managed to respond quickly with a range of new outputs following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. First, it describes the innovation process and...
Sickness absence rate dips to lowest level since 1996
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands has fallen to 3.8 percent in 2014, the lowest rate since 1996.
Sickness absence rate up slightly in 2009
The sickness absence rate among Dutch employees was 4.6 percent on average in the fourth quarter of 2009. This is slightly higher than in the same quarter in 2008, when it was 4.4 percent.
Sickness absence rate
The ratio between the number of cases of sick leave and the number of employees.
Shifting annual average of the reporting frequency of the sickness absence rate in government.
Shifting annual average of the reporting frequency of the sickness absence rate in government as an indicator for long-term developments.
Bulk of sickness absence not work-related
Last year, nearly half of all employees in the Netherlands were at least one time absent from work because they were ill. Statistics Netherlands announced today that in nearly one quarter of cases,...
Sickness absence rate for older employees without chronic disorders about the same as for younger employees
Due to chronic disorders, older employees are more often absent from work than their younger counterparts. Older employees more often suffer from disorders related to high sickness absence rates,...
Sickness absence lowest among hotel and restaurant workers
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2011.
Sickness absence rate stable in recent years
Last year's sickness absence rate for Dutch employees averaged 4.3 percent. The lowest rate was recorded among people employed in agriculture. Since 2004, the sickness absence rate in the Netherlands...
Sickness absence down to 4.7 percent
Absence among Dutch employees caused by sickness was on average 4.7 percent in 2003. In 2002 it was still over 5.3 percent. On average employees reported in sick 1.3 times a year. Women, older people...