sickness absence

collocation in English

meanings of sicknessand absence

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sickness
noun[U]
uk /ˈsɪk.nəs/ us /ˈsɪk.nəs/
the condition of ...
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absence
noun
uk /ˈæb.səns/ us /ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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Examples of sickness absence

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If these records can provide good-quality information on sickness certification, then patterns and trends in sicknessabsence can be more easily described.
A within-group design was used to match electronic records of sickness certification with self-reported sicknessabsence.
Employers can insure against sicknessabsence with private insurers, who levy experience-rated premiums.
Data have been published assessing the quality of selfreported sicknessabsence compared with data collection from employment records.
Identifying individuals at the early stages of sicknessabsence may enable interventions to be targeted at those most likely to have long-term sicknessabsence.
Harmonic analysis applied to seasonal variation in sicknessabsence.
The higher the proportion of staff who received in-service training, the lower the rate of sicknessabsence.
Pressure has been imposed by government authorities to reduce the cost of sicknessabsence.
Psychosocial factors predicting employee sicknessabsence during economic decline.
To curtail what was perceived to be an excessive level of sicknessabsence, the government reduced benefit levels (replacement rates).
This study demonstrates that electronic records of sicknessabsence are comparable with other sources of data.
Moreover, costs due to sicknessabsence were included.
High levels of stress, in turn, may lead to higher levels of sicknessabsence and staff turnover and the problem then becomes self-perpetuating.
It is evident that sicknessabsence reporting is varied and difficult to establish when using company records, which are limited to specific workforces, or self-reported data from questionnaires.
Electronic recording of sickness certification in primary care medical records may provide an alternative source of data, but its relation to other sources of sicknessabsence information is unknown.
Shortterm sickness benefits were also generous, and levels of sicknessabsence were high.
A non-response analysis, however, demonstrated that non-respondents were less likely to report fatigue and sicknessabsence, which may have resulted in a slight overestimation of the level of fatigue.
Electronic records of sickness certification in general practice are a useful method of analysing sicknessabsence in the population, as they are comparable with other sources of data.
Additionally, electronic records of sickness certification will allow the investigation of sickness absence where data from one company are too limited and self-report is not available or unreliable.
During this period 363 days were lost owing to sicknessabsence.
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