The Spaniards are 33,57 sick days per year in average.
Spain, November of 2011- the average sick leave days lost to Spain common contingencies stands at 33,57 days, according to data published by the addition of mutual’s work and professional diseases of the Social Security (MATEPSS), in data accumulated up to the month of August. This amount represents a decrease of 5.9% in the number of casualties recorded in the past year and is a quantity 3.03 per cent higher than the number of casualties recorded by accident at work or occupational disease.
On the other hand, the processes initiated during this period average stands at 231.639, which is a figure 4.4 times greater than the number of casualties recorded by professional contingencies.
Women are of low 36,01 days a year for joint contingency, while men do 31,15. On the contrary, men suffer more from job losses for contingency professional, being away from work an average of 32,72 days, while women do 32.23.
León is the municipality which additional working days lost from Spain disease or common accident 51,32 average of sick leave days; on the opposite side meets Navarra, 22,98 days lost to the year
The law medical group offers this data because it takes since 1978 fighting for the rights of those suffering from a medical condition which prevents them from working, because that is the only Center in Spain in offering technical, medical and legal advice to ensure a favorable outcome in the processing of Social security pensionsat the time that the temporary disability becomes permanent disability.
