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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8787

17 September 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
Sick leave higher in north than south

Brussels, 16/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to research published on Thursday by Occupational and Environmental Medicine, in 2000, workers in the north of the EU (EU15) took more time off work for health reasons than workers in the south. The average level of absenteeism for the EU15 was 14.5% in 2000, but this figure hides huge differences. Greece had the lowest level of absenteeism, 6.7%, while Finland had the highest, 24%. The research showed that men were more likely to take time...

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