Association between Field of Work, Years of Service, and Sickness Absenteeism in Public Administration

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Statistics of sickness absenteeism in public administration in Slovenia is considerably higher (7.1% in 2018) than the percentage that applies for the whole of Slovenia (4.5% in 2018). The data also shows a similar pattern in the public sector in other countries. According to that, the main purpose of our research is to investigate the connection between fields of work, years of service, and sickness absenteeism in public administration in Slovenia.

Keywords

• sickness absenteeism
• public administration
• years of service
• field of work