High absences in first quarter, decline in March

This is based on figures from ArboNed and HumanCapitalCare, both part of HumanTotalCare and jointly serving around one million employees.

On a positive note, after the remarkably high absence levels in February (5.4%), absences fell to 4.9% in March. The number of notifications per 1,000 employees fell from 90 to 61. Absences in March were therefore similar to last year.

And with that, the flu season has come to a close, leaving behind the high levels of absence notifications caused by flu-like symptoms.