The research comes amid growing fears around declining UK productivity, which fell 0.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2024, and 1.8 per cent over the last year.
“The increase in the numbers of the economically inactive is not sustainable,” he said.
UK workers took an average of 9.4 sick days off over the last twelve months, the highest absence rate for over fifteen years, according to the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development study.
In the UK, the statutory sick pay rate is £118.75 per week, which can be paid for up to 28 weeks.
The US
US workers were significantly less likely to take sick days, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labour Statistics.
The US did see a spike in sick leave during the pandemic, with the absentee rate rising to a peak of 2.6 per cent.
A report on New South Wales’s public sector found that workers took an average of 8.3 days’ sick leave from 2022 to 2023, with a steady increase since the pandemic.
Full-time employees in Australia get ten days of paid sick leave a year, while it’s pro-rata for part-time workers.
France
The insurer’s research found the rate rose from 3.2 per cent pre-pandemic to 4.5 per cent in 2022, where it remains.
French employees taking sick leave receive 50 per cent of their daily basic wage for the first six months, and must meet further criteria to receive pay after that.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) consistently ranks German workers as the most likely to take time off work due to illness.
Pre-pandemic, this figure was around 19.9 days and remained roughly the same up until 2022.
Norway
The WHO’s latest figures show Norway has seen a steady increase in employee sick leave since the pandemic.
This rose by 0.9 per cent, 0.8 per cent, and 1.2 per cent in the following years, before seeing a small fall of 0.1 per cent between 2022 and 2023.
Regular employees are entitled to 16 days of paid sick leave at the rate of 100 per cent, paid by the employer. Starting on the 17th day, an employee continues to receive sick pay, but from the government.
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