A recent analysis shows that nursery staff in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are absent due to illness significantly more often than employees in other occupational groups. In 2023, nursery staff in Saxony were unable to work for an average of 33 days, in Saxony-Anhalt for 34 days and in Thuringia for just under 32 days - in each case around ten days more than employees in other occupational groups. This is according to data from the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Skilled Workers Forum.
All in all, the sickness-related absences of nursery staff in eastern Germany were higher at an average of 34 days than in western Germany at 29 days. The average nationwide was 30 days lost due to illness among nursery staff. For all occupational groups, the average number of days lost was 20.
