First Report on Absenteeism After the Controversy with Feijóo: Spain Has Lower Rates, but Not All Are Fraud and Are Not Solved by Cutting Salaries
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The debate about the drastic increase in job losses in recent years has jumped to the forefront of policy following Feijóo's statements that came to describe absenteeism as "cancer." The truth is that the incidence of temporary disability - the technical name of job-slang casualties - has increased 60% in just seven years and costs have skyrocketed. But there is a collective of workers in which the numbers have not only not increased, but have d…
The study, prepared by Randstad Research, warns that absenteeism is "a serious problem for Spanish companies" because of the impact it has on productivity, competitiveness and business costs.
The study points out that only unjustified, culpable and imputable misdemeanours of the worker can have disciplinary consequences.
The recent statements of the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, calling labor absenteeism a "cancer" for the economy that costs "more than 30 billion euros", have reopened a debate in Spain. In the program 'La Tarde' of COPE, the economic journalist of ABC, José María Camarero, has analyzed the magnitude of a problem that, according to him, affects almost 1.2 million people who do not come to work every day.According to the ex…
The controversy was over. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, president of the PP, before Basque businessmen, called labor absenteeism “cancer that we cannot afford,” he mentioned that 1.2 million people do not come to his post every day and he estimated the cost at more than 30 billion euros. His proposal: to reduce the allowance by discharge to discourage fraud. The left threw itself around the neck. Pedro Sánchez spoke of cuts; Yolanda Díaz, to protect the…
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