How Sickness Absence and Presenteeism Influence Income: Empirical Evidence from the EWCS 2015

Pruschak, Gernot (2021). How Sickness Absence and Presenteeism Influence Income: Empirical Evidence from the EWCS 2015 In: Kalra, Jay; Lightner, Nancy J.; Redha, Taiar (eds.) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices 263 (pp. 701-707). Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_87

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Sickness absences possess severe impacts on company productivity. Existing research shows that firms also face productivity losses if employees show up at the workplace despite being sick, a phenomenon called presenteeism. This sparks the discussion of whether employees should stay at home and cure themselves or whether they should still turn up at the work-place. Using data from the European Working Conditions Survey 2015 we find that sickness absence and presenteeism relate positively to employees’ salaries. However, looking only at employees with wages depending upon the company performance, we show that those taking sick leaves possess lower incomes than those not taking sick leaves while no effects of presenteeism on income seem to exist. Based on our findings we advise employers to allow employees with health issues to telework from home as this might hinder the spreading of diseases but at the same time might keep productivity at higher levels.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for Applied Data Science & Finance Business School > Institute for Applied Data Science & Finance > Applied Data Science Business School
Name:	Pruschak, Gernot; Kalra, Jay; Lightner, Nancy J. and Redha, Taiar
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
ISBN:	978-3-030-80743-6
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Gernot Pruschak
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2022 09:26
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2022 09:26
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_87
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sickness absence Presenteeism Employee health Productivity Income
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.16131
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/16131