Fitness for work: changes in sickness absence management

Shift work and sickness absence.

BACKGROUND Sickness absence is increasing in public work places in Denmark where shift work is common. AIMS The aim of this prospective study was to predict the hazard ratio (HR) of short- and long-term sickness absence due to shift work in Danish shift workers. METHODS A total of 1008 shift workers and 4009 day workers were followed up for short- and long-time sickness absence. RESULTS A...

The management of sickness absence.

Sickness absence, or as it can be defined more precisely, absence from work that is attributed to sickness by the employee and accepted as such by the employer, remains high on the agenda for governments in the European Union (EU). Over the last decade most EU governments have implemented legislation that changes social security payments for the initial period of sickness absence. This has had ...

Absence from work attributed to sickness.

Physical fitness, BMI and sickness absence in male military personnel.

BACKGROUND In modern society, decreased physical activity and/or changes in quality and quantity of nutritional intake contribute to obesity and lifestyle diseases that result in economic costs, both to society and to individuals. AIMS To measure physical fitness and body mass index (BMI) and to assess their association with sickness absence in male soldiers. METHODS Data regarding BMI and ...

Work-family conflict as a risk factor for sickness absence.

OBJECTIVES (1) To study both cross-sectional and prospective relationships between work-family conflict and sickness absence from work; (2) to explore the direction of the relationships between the different types of conflict (work-home interference and home-work interference) and sickness absence; and (3) to explore gender differences in the above relationships. METHODS Data from the Maastri...