42% of employees were prescribed sick leave, a rate equivalent to that of 2016 (41%), after a significant drop during the Covid period (36% in 2020 and 38% in 2021), according to a press release from Malakoff Humanis .
These judgments concern more particularly young people aged 18-34 (46%), while those over 50 are under-represented (34%).
Women are also arrested more than men, with a widening gap, going from 6 points in 2016 to 11 points in 2022.
The prescription of sick leave is down among managers (40% compared to 46% in 2019 and 42% in 2021).
The health sector has the highest number of employees arrested (53%), while those of commerce and industry have experienced the strongest increases since 2020: +12 points in commerce and +10 in industry .
Apart from Covid, the prescription of sick leave has been stable since 2020 and concerns 33% of employees (37% of 18-34 year olds, 27% of people aged 50 and over).
The share of shutdowns linked to Covid has increased from 6% in 2020 to 12% in 2021 and 22% in 2022.
Excluding Covid, ordinary illnesses (flu, cold, sore throat, etc.) are the leading cause of stoppages (27%) ahead of psychological disorders and professional exhaustion which cause 20% of stoppages (after 17% in 2021 and 15 % in 2020), exceeding for the first time musculoskeletal disorders (16%).
Psychological disorders are also the main reason for long stoppages: 28% in 2022 compared to 14% in 2016, taking precedence over accidents.
Stops for psychological reasons concern more people raising their children alone, women, managers, the health sector, intermediate professions.
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