Who colds, migraines or an upset stomach, should go to the doctor and to stay at home – so much is most of the workers clear.
However, the reasons for which German employees can be really ill to write – and for how long?
The Newspapers of the Funke media group give you a small taste of the health report to 2020, the techniker Krankenkasse (TK), deals among other things with exactly this question.
The result: more and more employees leave due to mental illness of a Sick leave issue.
Mental illness is on the rise, according to sick
The fact is: The Germans have still never gives up so often because of a mental illness on the way to work, like in the past year.
According to the health report to the Insured of TK were missing an average of 2,89 days due to a mental illness such as Depression.
Thus, the number is increased in comparison to the previous year, and by 2018 were still 2,77 inability to work days in the year 2017, even just 2,71 days, which were justified on the grounds of mental illness.
“Mental illnesses are for approximately 19 percent of absenteeism, which is the highest value compared to other diagnoses – even before the back problems and colds,” says Albrecht Wehner, the TK responsible for health, reporting to the Funke media group.
Total number of sick message is in decline
Fortunately, came the health report a positive result – the total number of sick reports was the overall rate falling to.
Thus, workers were written in the past year, an average 15,37 days sick – in the year before 15,49 days.
According to the insurance Fund in 2019 less pronounced wave of Flu is a possible reason for the decline.
“The cold waves at the end of February and before Christmas to a rise in absenteeism. Since this wave is out at the beginning of last year, compared to 2018 is low, we observe for the total year 2019, a slight decrease in absenteeism,“ says Wehner.
Antonia Hagedorn
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