Absenteeism costs firms €172m
The report also shows that workers in small companies are less likely to miss work through illness than their counterparts in larger businesses Patricia Callan, Assistant Director of the Small Firms Association said:
"The results show marked differences across sectors and regions, and show that small firms with less than 50 employees, are less likely to have workers absent on sick leave than larger firms." The national average for absenteeism is 3.4% or 7.8 working days. For larger firms this rises to 4.6% or 10.5 working days. For small firms the average falls to 2.6% or 5.9 working days.
