Sick days in Ireland costs SMEs €1 billion

The average numbers of sick, or absentee, days for an employee in Ireland is 6 per year, according to ISME. That equates to about 1.1m sick days per year in the SME sector alone and costs employers about €1 billion. Apparently, employers reckon 83% of unauthorised absences are bogus.

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