sick leave betydelse and definition

Exempel på sick leave

• Anti-smoking campaigners argue that smokers take more sick leave and generate higher medical expenses than non-smokers.

• A dramatic reduction in the rate of sick leave due to back pain followed the publication of this report.

• Only 17 of the 59 symptomatic staff members were excluded from work or on sick leave.

• Forty-six of the symptomatic nursing staff remained at work, 6 were excluded from the working place and 11 were on sick leave.

• Short-term sick leave without physician certification is associated with some uncertainty for diagnoses such as back problems.

• In two studies, data about sick leave days were retrieved from sickness fund records (26;30).

• However, there was no statistically significant difference between groups regarding sick leave from paid work.

• Indirect costs included the costs of production losses due to sick leave from paid or unpaid work.