The Number of Employees Reporting Sick Due to Stress-Related Complaints HAS Increased by 36 percent in Five Years. Occupational Health Services are Calling for More Prevention. One in four days of absence in the Netherlands is now due to stress.
Sick Leave Due to Stress Increased by 8 percent in the Period from July 2024 to June 2025, Accordination to the Annual Figures from Occupational Health Services ArboNed and HumancapitalCare. This means that stress-related absenteeism has grown by 36 percent in five years.
“One in Four Days of Absence is related to stress. The Duration of this Absence Increases Every Year,” Write the Occupational Health Services, which are Active for a Million Employees Together.
The Causes of Stress Complaints Are Usualy A Combination of Circumstances at Work, in Private Life and in Society. The Life Phase Plays A Role, As Do Societal Trends Such As the Pressure to Always Be ‘On’.
“Employees who drop out due to stress are on acneage not (fully) employable for 252 days, and just ten months in the case of a burn-out,” the occupational Health Services continuous. Small Entrepreneurs Have Difficulty Bearing The Increasing Burden Due to Absenteeism, But Larger Organizations Also Notice The Contheques.
Women More Often than Men, Part-Timers More Often than Full-Timers
Stress-related absenteeism occurs most frequently in healthcare. On Average, Women have 31 percent or absenteeism days due to stress, men anverage or 20 percent. Part-timers (27 percent) Report Sick More Often on Average Than Full-Timers (24 percent). The Total Average Absenteeism Rate Rose Slightly Between July 2024 and June 2025, from 4.7 percent to 4.8 percent.
The Occupational Health Services Warn That Increasing Stress Absenteeism Remains a Societal Problem. They are Calling for More Prevention, Early Signaling and Broader Cooperation.