Absence from work
How much absence do employees have due to their own sickness and their children's sickness, and how has this absence developed over time? The statistics of absence shed light on the work effort lost due to absence. Absence is measured in both days and percentages and is broken down by gender, age, sectors, and industries.
Selected statistics on Absence from work
Absence due to own sickness
Absence data
The data for the governmental sector are collected by Moderniseringsstyrelsen (The Agency for the Modernisation of Publlic Administration) on a quarterly basis from the whole governmental sector. The information from the local government sector are collected in association with KRL; an actor in the local government sector. The data for the private sectors are collected as a sample of 2600 enterprises in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings and absence systems or a spread sheet.
Earnings data
The absence periods are matched with the job from which the person has been absent. The data from the earnings statistics are used to create the jobs. For the governmental sector data are collected from the governmental earnings systems. Data are reported monthly for all individual employee. Earnings data for the local government sector are collected in association with KRL. The data for the private sectors are also collected in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings systems.
Other
The register of People receiving public benefits is used to exclude persons in flexible jobs or light jobs. The register of benefits during sickness or in connection with childbirth is used to exclude chronically sick persons, to create the periods of maternity leave in the central government sector and to validate the periods of absence. .
Absence due to own sickness by sector
Absence data
The data for the governmental sector are collected by Moderniseringsstyrelsen (The Agency for the Modernisation of Publlic Administration) on a quarterly basis from the whole governmental sector. The information from the local government sector are collected in association with KRL; an actor in the local government sector. The data for the private sectors are collected as a sample of 2600 enterprises in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings and absence systems or a spread sheet.
Earnings data
The absence periods are matched with the job from which the person has been absent. The data from the earnings statistics are used to create the jobs. For the governmental sector data are collected from the governmental earnings systems. Data are reported monthly for all individual employee. Earnings data for the local government sector are collected in association with KRL. The data for the private sectors are also collected in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings systems.
Other
The register of People receiving public benefits is used to exclude persons in flexible jobs or light jobs. The register of benefits during sickness or in connection with childbirth is used to exclude chronically sick persons, to create the periods of maternity leave in the central government sector and to validate the periods of absence. .
Absence due to own sickness by age groups
Absence data
The data for the governmental sector are collected by Moderniseringsstyrelsen (The Agency for the Modernisation of Publlic Administration) on a quarterly basis from the whole governmental sector. The information from the local government sector are collected in association with KRL; an actor in the local government sector. The data for the private sectors are collected as a sample of 2600 enterprises in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings and absence systems or a spread sheet.
Earnings data
The absence periods are matched with the job from which the person has been absent. The data from the earnings statistics are used to create the jobs. For the governmental sector data are collected from the governmental earnings systems. Data are reported monthly for all individual employee. Earnings data for the local government sector are collected in association with KRL. The data for the private sectors are also collected in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings systems.
Other
The register of People receiving public benefits is used to exclude persons in flexible jobs or light jobs. The register of benefits during sickness or in connection with childbirth is used to exclude chronically sick persons, to create the periods of maternity leave in the central government sector and to validate the periods of absence. .
Absence due to children's sickness by sector
Absence data
The data for the governmental sector are collected by Moderniseringsstyrelsen (The Agency for the Modernisation of Publlic Administration) on a quarterly basis from the whole governmental sector. The information from the local government sector are collected in association with KRL; an actor in the local government sector. The data for the private sectors are collected as a sample of 2600 enterprises in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings and absence systems or a spread sheet.
Earnings data
The absence periods are matched with the job from which the person has been absent. The data from the earnings statistics are used to create the jobs. For the governmental sector data are collected from the governmental earnings systems. Data are reported monthly for all individual employee. Earnings data for the local government sector are collected in association with KRL. The data for the private sectors are also collected in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings systems.
Other
The register of People receiving public benefits is used to exclude persons in flexible jobs or light jobs. The register of benefits during sickness or in connection with childbirth is used to exclude chronically sick persons, to create the periods of maternity leave in the central government sector and to validate the periods of absence. .
Absence due to own sickness distributed by absence periods
Absence data
The data for the governmental sector are collected by Moderniseringsstyrelsen (The Agency for the Modernisation of Publlic Administration) on a quarterly basis from the whole governmental sector. The information from the local government sector are collected in association with KRL; an actor in the local government sector. The data for the private sectors are collected as a sample of 2600 enterprises in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings and absence systems or a spread sheet.
Earnings data
The absence periods are matched with the job from which the person has been absent. The data from the earnings statistics are used to create the jobs. For the governmental sector data are collected from the governmental earnings systems. Data are reported monthly for all individual employee. Earnings data for the local government sector are collected in association with KRL. The data for the private sectors are also collected in collaboration with the employer unions, Danish Employers' Confederation and Danish Employers' Association of the Financial Sector. The information are registered in the enterprises own earnings systems.
Other
The register of People receiving public benefits is used to exclude persons in flexible jobs or light jobs. The register of benefits during sickness or in connection with childbirth is used to exclude chronically sick persons, to create the periods of maternity leave in the central government sector and to validate the periods of absence. .
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The purpose of the statistics of absence is to describe the amount of work that is lost due to absence. Absence is divided into "Own sickness", "Children's sickness", "Occupational injury" and "Maternity and adoption leave". The statistics are published on a yearly basis and are used for estimating and comparing the level of absence within different groups of employees.