Health
Pass: disease failures in the job further increased
Colds, psychological problems, back pain: After health, there was no significant relaxation after health insurance data at the start of the start.
Disease failures in the job remain at an increased level after an evaluation of the technician health insurance company in the first half of the year. On average, employees were on sick leave from January to June for 9.5 days, as the cash register determined according to its own insured data. This was a slight decline after an average of 9.6 shortages in the first six months of 2024. In the first half of 2019, for example, it was 7.8 days.
Flu wave at the beginning of the year
CEO Jens Baas told the German Press Agency that there was a cold and flu wave at the beginning of this year. “This can also be seen in absenteeism. In February, sick leave was higher than in previous years.” According to the data, colds were still the most common diagnosis. On average, every employer was on sick leave in the first half of the year, after 2.3 days in the first half of 2024.
Depression and back pain
The second most common diagnosis were therefore mental illnesses such as depression with an average of 1.9 absenteeism followed by diseases of the muscle skeleton system such as back pain and herniated discs with an average of 1.3 missing days per worker in the first half of the year. According to the information, the basis of the evaluation is based on data from around six million employees who are insured with the Techniker Krankenkasse.
dpa
Source: Stern
