... of sickness absence among insured persons decreased by 50 per cent (from 2003 – 60/100 to 2004 – 30,8/100). Average duration of inability to work increased to 6.5 days and there were more women compared to men on sick leave. The most frequent causes of sickness absence were respiratory diseases, muscular...

... of Occupational Health (FIOH) and included demographic and epidemiological information, i.e. age, sex, work task, marital status and educational level. Absenteeism Sick leave Occupational health and safety Bradford factor Prediction tools Work ability index Governmental policies, growth...

...). Mary L. Marzec can be contacted at: mmarzec@umich.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Employee productivity Health and productivity Stress Absenteeism Health promotion Sick leave Employers have a vested interest in decreasing absenteeism and improving health...

... to presence of poor health. Poor health, finally, was highly related to sickness absence. Cecilia Ljungblad can be contacted at: cecilia.ljungblad@mdh.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Leadership Organization Psychosocial work environment Self-rated health Sick leave...

... in the generation of economic impact may improve specificity of cost and increase the salience of evidence, thus improving their perceptions of workplace health promotion and increasing their intention to invest in employee health. Australia Managers Employees Workplace health management Sick leave...

... with three questions on specific health problems and self‐rated health, and one question which asked whether employees had to catch up on piled‐up work after returning from sick‐leave (regarded as an aspect of work organization) (Table I and Table II). The fourth set, “Working life cohort...

... al., 2009a ; Bergström et al., 2009b). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Sick leave Personal health Lifestyles Gender Workplace Sweden The analyses in this study are performed on a representative population‐based sample from Sweden (Hallsten, 2005...

... administered it is also valuable for practitioners working with employee health and attitudes. Sara Göransson can be contacted at: sagn@psychology.su.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Personal health Job satisfaction Employee turnover Sick leave Sweden The high rates...