In 2020, Covid-19 represented 6% of the reasons for absence. In 2021, the disease caused by the coronavirus led to 12% of sick leaves.
Posted
Update
Reading time : 1 min.
In total, 12% of sick leaves prescribed in 2021 are linked to the Sars-Cov-2 virus. This proportion of sick leaves due to Covid-19 doubled between 2020 and 2021, according to the annual absenteeism barometer published Monday, December 6 by Malakoff Humanis *. In 2020, this reason for stopping represented 6% of total absences.
>> Follow all the news on Covid-19 in our direct
The study also notes another increase: that concerning the stops for psychological disorders or professional exhaustion. They represent 17% of stoppages in 2021 against 15% in 2020.
Conversely, absences for ordinary illnesses (flu, colds, etc.) fell to 25% of the total, against 30% in 2020. Note that even if these prescriptions are more numerous than in 2020, they are not not necessarily respected by employees. A quarter of the stops are thus taken partially or not at all.
* The annual Sickness Absenteeism barometer was carried out online with a sample of 2,009 employees and by telephone with 401 managers or HRDs of private sector companies, from August 23 to September 24, 2021.