Absenteeism at Two Occupational Health Services in Belgium from 2014 to 2021
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15500437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilse Moerland (0000-0002-2915-2783, corresponding author), Nouchka Vervaet (corresponding author), Lode Godderis (0000-0003-4764-8835, KU Leuven), Mathieu Versée, Marc Du Bois (0000-0001-6326-4343, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 3660-3660 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20043660 |
| PMID | 36834356 |
| OpenAlex | W4321374924 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Medical certification is often needed for absences of longer than one workday. The literature remains unclear as to whether this changes absenteeism. Earlier research found that the merging of two firms can augment or diminish short-term absenteeism. This study was conducted to examine whether prolonging self-certification or merging increases short-term absenteeism. Data from January 2014 to December 2021 were retrospectively collected from HR absenteeism files at two occupational health services in Belgium. Sickness periods of longer than 4 weeks were excluded. Company 1 started a merger in 2014, and company 2 prolonged of the self-certification period in 2018. The total full-time equivalents (FTEs) of company 1 increased by 6%, while company 2 had an increase of 28%. At company 1, there was a decline in absenteeism, while company 2 had an increase. The ARIMA (1, 0, 1) model provided a statistically significant local moving average (company 1: 0.123; company 2: 0.086) but no statistically significant parameters for the intervention (company 1: 0.007, p = 0.672; company 2: 0.000, p = 0.970). Prolonging the self-certification period by up to 5 days without medical certification or merging was not found to increase short-term absenteeism
Absenteeism · Business · Certification · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Management · Occupational exposure · Occupational medicine · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Workplace Health and Well-being
Long working hours and sickness absence—a fixed effects design
Work-related moderators of the relationship between organizational change and sickness absence
Presenteeism in the workplace
Occupational stress and incidence of sick leave in the Belgian workforce
Maintenance of subjective health during a merger
| Highly cited | No |
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