Since the start of the health crisis, requests for work stoppages have exploded. An increase which is explained in particular by the widening of the conditions of issue. According to the annual Barometer Absenteeism Disease Malakoff Humanis, published on November 16, 2020, the number of long-term sick leaves - therefore exceeding 30 days - increased by 33% in the private sector between September 2019 and August 2020, compared to the previous twelve months.
The investigation does not include work stoppages issued on the occasion of the first confinement for child minders or employees deemed "vulnerable" to the coronavirus epidemic. The average duration of these long-term stops is estimated at 94 days.
Most "work-related" illnesses
Over this twelve-month period, Ifop estimates that 60% of companies in the private sector have recorded at least one long sick leave against 56% between September 2018 and August 2019. A situation which has led to "reorganization difficulties. »In 52% of companies.
The Ifop survey carried out between August 24 and
