Differences in (sick) leave between accountants of the public and private sector

Bolniška odsotnost je pomemben dejavnik, ki ga zaradi številnih negativnih posledic občutijo tako zaposleni kot tudi delodajalci. Vsak delodajalec lahko z različnimi ukrepi pripomore k manjši bolniški odsotnosti, popolnoma preprečiti pa tega ne more. Bolniška odsotnost je vsaka odsotnost z dela zaradi bolezni, poškodb in drugih zdravstveno upravičenih razlogov, kot sta na primer skrb za bolnega družinskega člana, darovanje krvi ipd. Ne smemo pozabiti, da je pozornost potrebno posvetiti ne zgolj kurativnim, ampak tudi preventivnim ukrepom. Pričujoča magistrska naloga temelji na primerjavi bolniške odsotnosti v javnem in zasebnem sektorju. Namen naloge je s pomočjo anketnega vprašalnika ugotoviti, ali med računovodji prihaja do razlik z vidika bolniške odsotnosti. Za izvedbo raziskave je bilo pridobljenih 229 ustreznih anket s strani računovodij v Sloveniji. Ker so računovodje obremenjeni, posebej v času računovodskih poročil, smo v ta namen izdelali nezahteven anketni vprašalnik in tako prišli do odgovorov na naša vprašanja. Raziskava je temeljila na podatkih, ki smo ji zbrali s pomočjo spletnega vprašalnika. Za pregled vseh vprašanj iz anketnega vprašalnika smo uporabili frekvenčno analizo, oblikovali frekvenčne tabele, v katerih smo prikazali število in odstotek odgovorov, izračunali smo povprečje, standardni odklon in standardno napako aritmetične sredine. Pri preverjanju hipotez smo uporabili t-test in Pearsonov korelacijski koeficient. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da nismo uspeli dokazati razlik med bolniško odsotnostjo javnega in zasebnega sektorja na podlagi simptomov, zaradi katerih odhajajo oz. ne odhajajo v bolniški stalež. Čeprav je bilo nekoliko več odhodov v bolniško na podlagi simptomov v javnem sektorju, so bile zaznane razlike zelo majhne. V povprečju je več bolniških odsotnosti pri ženskah kot pri moških, ne glede na sektor v katerem delajo. Spol ima vpliv na bolniški stalež in uspelo nam je dokazati, da je več bolniško odsotnih žensk.Sick leave is an important factor felt by both employees and employers due to its many negative consequences. Every employer can take various measures to help reduce sick leave, but it cannot completely prevent it. Sick leave is any absence from work due to illness, injury, and other health-justified reasons, such as caring for a sick family member, blood donation, etc. We must keep in mind, that we should pay attention not only to curative but also to preventive measures. This master\u27s thesis is based on a comparison of sick leave in the public and private sectors. The purpose of the thesis was to use a survey, to determine whether there are differences between accountants in terms of sick leave. 229 surveys were obtained from accountants working in Slovenia, to conduct this research. As accountants are burdened, especially at the time of financial reports, we created an undemanding survey for this purpose to get the answers to our questions. The research was based on data collected from the survey. We used frequency analysis to review all questions from the survey and then designed frequency tables in which we showed the number and percentage of responses, calculated the average, standard deviation, and standard error of the arithmetic mean. We used the t-test and the Pearson correlation coefficient when testing the hypotheses. The results of the research showed that we cannot prove the differences between the sick leave of the public and private sectors, based on the symptoms that cause employees to take or not to take sick leave. Although there were slightly more sick leaves based on the symptoms in the public sector, the perceived differences were very small. On average, there is more sick leaves among women than men, regardless of the sector in which they work. Gender has an impact on sick leave, and we have been able to prove that more women take sick leave then men