Vahtera J, Kivimäki M, Pentti J
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Hämeenkatu 10, FIN-20500 Turku, Finland.
Occup Environ Med. 2001 Dec;58(12):818-22. doi: 10.1136/oem.58.12.818.
Employees are thought to lengthen their weekends by voluntary absenteeism, but the magnitude of such potentially reversible behaviour is not known.
A follow up study based on employers' registers on the dates of work contracts and absences in 27 541 permanent full time municipal employees in five towns during 1993-7. The absence rate on each weekday separately for all sick leaves and for 1 day sick leaves was determined.
3.4% of the male employees and 5.0% of the female employees were on sick leave daily. The mean rate of sickness absence was lowest on Mondays, after which it increased towards Wednesday, and remained on the same level for the rest of the week. This pattern applied to both sexes, to each year of the follow up, and across towns, age groups, and income groups. For 1 day sick leaves, representing 4.5% of the total sickness absenteeism, the rates of sick leave for Mondays and Fridays were 1.4 and 1.9 times greater than those for other weekdays. However, these excess rates account for less than 1% of all days lost due to sickness absenteeism. Extended weekend absences were more common in men, in young employees, and in those in a low socioeconomic position, and they varied between towns.
Extended weekends seem to contribute only marginally to the days lost due to sickness absenteeism.
人们认为员工会通过自愿旷工来延长周末，但这种潜在可逆行为的程度尚不清楚。
一项基于雇主记录的随访研究，记录了1993 - 1997年期间五个城镇27541名永久性全职市政雇员的工作合同日期和缺勤情况。分别确定了每个工作日所有病假和1天病假的缺勤率。
3.4%的男性员工和5.0%的女性员工每天都请病假。病假平均缺勤率在周一最低，之后向周三上升，并在一周的其余时间保持在同一水平。这种模式适用于男女两性、随访的每一年以及不同城镇、年龄组和收入组。对于占总病假缺勤4.5%的1天病假，周一和周五的病假率分别是其他工作日的1.4倍和1.9倍。然而，这些超额比率占因病缺勤损失的所有天数不到1%。延长周末缺勤在男性、年轻员工和社会经济地位较低的员工中更为常见，并且在不同城镇之间有所差异。
延长周末似乎对因病缺勤损失的天数贡献很小。
