According to the Dictionary of the Slovene Literary Language, absenteeism is defined as non-attendance, absence from work. Medical absenteeism is understood as lost time, lost working days when an employee is absent from work due to illness or injury.
The master's thesis deals with medical absenteeism in a certain company from the metal industry branch. The aim, by analyzing data on the sick leave of employees in the company is to determine the main reasons why employees are most often absent from work and to determine what mostly affects the state of the sick leave in the particular company, thus compare the share of sick leave with regard to the reason for absence with the Slovenian average in companies engaged in a similar industry.
In order to perform an analysis of the sick stock between 2012 and 2018, I obtained data on the state of matter - the sick leave in the particular company and Slovenian companies by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). The NIJZ is a state organization that monitors and stores data on the share of sick leave for all Slovenian companies. The analysis is based on data obtained by the NIJZ and internal statistics of the company in question. In my master's thesis, I will use the causal model method with which I will determine the causal relationship between the phenomena in the field of medical absenteeism in the company at issue. In order to process the data, I will use a statistical and comparative method. Initially, a direct survey of the employees was also planned as a part of the analysis, which turned out to be an unnecessary method that would not bring added value to the master's thesis due to possible concealments and consequently unrealistic data.
The company in question is a fast-growing company with a steady increase in the number of employees in recent years, which also has an impact on the share of sick leave in the company. The average sick leave of the company for the years of analysis is 3.78% BS. In the course of the analysis, it was determined what are the factors and reasons why employees in the company in question are most absent from work. The largest share is represented by injuries outside of work, namely 0.86% of the total sick leave in the company. They are followed by diseases of the musculoskeletal system with 0.60% of the total sick stock and respiratory diseases with 0.38% of the total sick leave in the company. Other causes of health absences of employees in the company are injuries at work, illness, care of a family member, obstetrics etc. Nevertheless, the share of sick leave in the company of issue is lower compared to the Slovenian sick leave average in the similar industry.
Since any absence of employees from the workplace in question means lower productivity, difficult organization of work, time and cost, the master's thesis presents measures that would help reduce the share of sick leave. Personnel measures, as well as deepening in medical examinations of employees, with emphasis on the purpose of training in safety and health at work, furthermore the problem between the insurance company, the employer and the injured party.
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