The cost of sickness absence is high for employers, insurance companies and society, as well as for workers themselves. In times of crisis and resource scarcity – both at company and governmental level – it becomes ever more important to shed light on the diversity of methods and resulting cost outcomes. This is exactly what this factsheet aims to provide. First, it gives a brief overview of the most prominent methods for calculating sickness absence costs, and discusses the most important differences between them. Second, it introduces a new approach, linking the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey (NEA ; Koppes et al., 2009) with personal income data from Statistics Netherlands (CBS ; van den Brakel & Moonen, 2007). Overall, this factsh...
Background Sickness absence (SA) is affected by societal factors. Increasing socioeconomic stress ma...
Frequent sickness absence, i.e. 3 or more sickness absence spells per year, has a prevalence of 6% i...
Background Sickness absence (SA) is affected by societal factors. Increasing socioeconomic stress ma...
Purpose Stress-related illnesses are prevalent in Western society, causing sick leave and putting a ...
Introduction Sickness absence has an important impact on employers (e.g. reduced productivity, high ...
Absence from work in the Netherlands is partly caused by the work itself and therefore work-related ...
Item does not contain fulltextThe purpose of the current paper is to provide an overview and evaluat...
Sickness absence in the Netherlands is monitored by TNO primarily by means of the Netherlands Workin...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the costs of low-back pain associated sick leave of workers in the Netherl...
We aimed to identify common elements in work sickness absence (SA) in Spain, Sweden and The Netherla...
Sickness absence is an empirical phenomenon of all time. Generally, it has a medical cause. However,...
Objective: The Dutch population is healthy in terms of living and working conditions, but the levels...
This thesis compares sickness absence in Belgium, West-Germany and The Netherlands. The comparison w...
This paper analyzes sickness absenteeism among self-employed in the Netherlands. Using a unique data...
Item does not contain fulltextOBJECTIVE: In the Netherlands, an occupational physician supports abse...
Background Sickness absence (SA) is affected by societal factors. Increasing socioeconomic stress ma...
Frequent sickness absence, i.e. 3 or more sickness absence spells per year, has a prevalence of 6% i...
Background Sickness absence (SA) is affected by societal factors. Increasing socioeconomic stress ma...
Purpose Stress-related illnesses are prevalent in Western society, causing sick leave and putting a ...
Introduction Sickness absence has an important impact on employers (e.g. reduced productivity, high ...
Absence from work in the Netherlands is partly caused by the work itself and therefore work-related ...
Item does not contain fulltextThe purpose of the current paper is to provide an overview and evaluat...
Sickness absence in the Netherlands is monitored by TNO primarily by means of the Netherlands Workin...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the costs of low-back pain associated sick leave of workers in the Netherl...
We aimed to identify common elements in work sickness absence (SA) in Spain, Sweden and The Netherla...
Sickness absence is an empirical phenomenon of all time. Generally, it has a medical cause. However,...
Objective: The Dutch population is healthy in terms of living and working conditions, but the levels...
This thesis compares sickness absence in Belgium, West-Germany and The Netherlands. The comparison w...
This paper analyzes sickness absenteeism among self-employed in the Netherlands. Using a unique data...
Item does not contain fulltextOBJECTIVE: In the Netherlands, an occupational physician supports abse...
Background Sickness absence (SA) is affected by societal factors. Increasing socioeconomic stress ma...
Frequent sickness absence, i.e. 3 or more sickness absence spells per year, has a prevalence of 6% i...
Background Sickness absence (SA) is affected by societal factors. Increasing socioeconomic stress ma...