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Absence has both personal and economic consequences that have an impact on both employees, employers and the community. The statistics are of interest for the central government, municipalities and regions, private business enterprises, non-governmental organizations, researchers and news media. The statistics are tools used in estimating and comparing the level of absence within different groups of employees, and can be a foundation on which economic and political decisions are made.
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Absence has both personal and economic consequences that have an impact on both employees, employers and the community. The statistics are of interest for the central government, municipalities and regions, private business enterprises, non-governmental organizations, researchers and news media. The statistics are tools used in estimating and comparing the level of absence within different groups of employees, and can be a foundation on which economic and political decisions are made. The statistics of absence can for instance be used for comparing absence within sectors, industries, occupation etc., for monitoring the development of absence and for benchmarking an enterprise in relation to others in the same industry.
The statistics of Absence is published by sectors. In connection with publishing the statistics 2013 according to the new sector definition, the statistics of absence is published for the labour market as a whole. In connection with publishing the statistics 2014 own sickness is published by lengths of period for 2013 and forward.
User Satisfaction
No survey on user satisfaction is conducted.
Data completeness rate
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is not included in the statistics of absence for the private sector. Some information are not published due to confidentiality or quality issues.
The statistics is not covered by EU regulations.