{"locale":"en-CH","entries":{"k1025v6g24gc":"German days of incapacity for work and Swiss days of absence are recorded differently and are not directly comparable.","k1044msy3sp5":"Survey waves 2022 and 2023, published 2024","k1046dwv8a5d":"Screenings","k104lmmne96g":"Copy link to 'How are IV pensions for mental health reasons developing among young adults?'","k10asczr43e4":"Bern University of Applied Sciences (2024). Presenteeism at Work. Bern. Specialist publications: Golz, C., Gerlach, M. et al. (2024), Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, and International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.","k10oos9tiuyy":"Mobile navigation","k11b6u6li2n5":"Copy","k11f5vsrb2wv":"Evidence base 2012 to 2018, published 2019","k11g5fnj0wzh":"Survey year 2025, published March 2026","k11jc1wn53ws":"Copy link to 'What is the European comparison figure?'","k11kcdezo3et":"Copy link to 'What share of occupational diseases are musculoskeletal disorders?'","k11n11uz3el4":"Copy link to 'How many businesses are actively engaged overall?'","k11uwjx6mudf":"How many hours of absence do women in full-time work have?","k11xk9cuqq2y":"Which group is most emotionally exhausted?","k11yop1cd3ww":"5.1","k11ziod8b9yz":"Citing individual figures","k12beyq3t3p3":"Every five years, next survey 2027","k12blg3swkv":"HEALTH PRIME","k12tk0q3oo4w":"2.7","k12wy4den6d7":"Copy link to 'How many people in employment feel emotionally exhausted?'","k12xjnegmj2u":"5","k12z6hq3frzu":"annual in March, book edition in November","k12zlh7q0a4l":"A total of 8.114 billion working hours were worked in Switzerland in 2025.","k1323y79qknj":"What this page does not publish","k133ig155z3z":"14Change log","k13d1292ytqb":"How many working days a year are lost to illness and accidents in Switzerland?","k13hxfxx1lb2":"What do absences cost a single canton?","k13kl14m445m":"Copy link to 'How do people in employment in Switzerland rate their lives?'","k13l962k47r9":"As required","k13lyypy8y10":"Which occupational group has the most absences?","k13tj7w2i7c5":"15","k13yvr7rooml":"This page deliberately gives no franc amount per day of absence. The figure of CHF 1,100 per day of absence that circulates in the market is credited to different sources in different places: in one to SWICA, based on FSO data, in another to SECO. Until it can be checked against the primary document, we do not publish it.","k14bhth38bc9":"CHF 2.9 billion","k14lmrrx27rq":"Construction","k14lq4zseqv3":"Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees, 2024","k14mqwkurlgp":"The anchors on this page are permanent. A key figure keeps its address once published, so that a link to #absenztage-2025 still points to the same statement years from now.","k14n7xgj64pk":"Europe","k14n8ohojg72":"How do people in employment in Switzerland rate their lives?","k14qwmydvpdx":"250 × 8.5 × (CHF 84,288 × 1.18) ÷ 220 = CHF 960,692","k14wgs8hf07c":"Every May","k14yi1c7tt6f":"Executive Medical Office (for companies)","k156s8hi7o29":"Copy link to 'What does lack of exercise cost in productivity losses?'","k1591xkd66yt":"12Methodology and updates","k15cndyq3ylq":"Presenteeism means working despite illness with reduced performance, and it caused productivity losses of CHF 33.7 billion in Switzerland in 2022, compared with CHF 18.0 billion from absenteeism (Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, reference year 2022, published November 2025).","k15foe2e5fsc":"25.9% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees implemented corporate health management only in part or occasionally in 2024.","k15gylderfes":"21.8%","k15huu4kcd3a":"annual, each December","k15lrfa04tq7":"50.0","k15q9wvqx1xs":"New editions of the FOPH cost study, the Obsan health report and the DACH sources are reviewed and, where relevant, incorporated.","k15sij9npn39":"Illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland came to CHF 70.5 billion in 2022, around 9% of gross domestic product.","k15tfokse7k2":"Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)","k15tjsb3g7lz":"systematic","k15y46ror2vv":"70% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees ran absence and case management mostly or systematically in 2024.","k15yay6i77qm":"Information and communication (5.4 days)","k166dellv0qa":"How much working time is lost to stress?","k168ujy46k1l":"Home","k16986cpdeeh":"The Job Stress Index measures the ratio of demands to resources at work on a scale from 0 to 100 and stood at 50.66 in 2022 (Health Promotion Switzerland, published August 2022); the results of the 2026 survey are announced for the first quarter of 2027.","k16b7hwq5o8h":"Bowel cancer screening","k16cdfpfqzz1":"What legal duties do employers have on health protection?","k16fnl5s86m0":"Copy link to 'In which industries are absences lowest?'","k16id6eiodqz":"How engaged are people in employment in Switzerland?","k16oa1wno9kl":"5.1 days","k16qek9lqfwn":"Nürnberg, V. and Storm, A. (eds) (2026). Gesundheitsreport 2026. Analyse der Arbeitsunfähigkeiten. Heidelberg: medhochzwei.","k16qj0q7kuv2":"In 2022, demands at work outweighed available resources for 28.2% of people in employment in Switzerland; the Job Stress Index calls this state the critical range.","k16qm2k6ghsm":"In 2025, 34% of people in employment in Switzerland reported having felt stress the previous day, compared with 39% in Europe and 40% worldwide.","k16th1rvlaka":"Hours of absence per employee in Switzerland, 2010,","k16u9zb4h1f1":"Survey year 2024, published December 2025","k176qydb76o0":"16.5","k178xu5t2sjg":"This is a sub-component of the economic potential, not a standalone estimate of the cost of presenteeism in Switzerland. The two figures are often confused in practice.","k17askz3r9nr":"How many days of absence were there in the first year of the pandemic?","k17elj3vj6pz":"Information and communication: 6.0; Prof./scientific/tech. services: 6.0; Financial and insurance activities: 6.2; Transport and storage: 9.8; Construction: 10.1. Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2025, published May 2026.","k17jbuetpajv":"According to Deloitte UK's estimate, mental illness costs employers in the United Kingdom £51 billion a year.","k17lyyzeynqj":"The Accident Insurance Statistics Office (SSUV) compiles the AIA statistics, a register of all cases insured under the Federal Act on Accident Insurance (AIA) in Switzerland.","k17rvkludqok":"Terms and conditions","k17ygt8fyc2k":"Survey year 2024, published 2025","k17zrme7x1w3":"25.0","k184doxtb5rf":"How widespread are absence and case management?","k186m5d07tlo":"Thyroid ultrasound","k18j6iksd0vn":"How many people in employment in Switzerland feel emotionally exhausted?","k18ntp1myl5d":"Reporting year 2024, published December 2025","k18nvy1wx0c7":"Why your daily value does not look like the figures in the market","k18rqbc7e0or":"Frequency","k18vy5sdkc1m":"Close menu","k192le1k0di1":"In 2024, 88% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees mostly or systematically implemented measures in work design, personnel development and organisational development.","k194czfgsckf":"How much are the productivity losses per head?","k195pheja3mu":"Comparison industry","k19803tm2jcu":"9","k19cf0dsww2c":"Gallup (2026). Gallup Engagement Index Germany 2025. Berlin: Gallup GmbH.","k19ft75x9ryo":"250 or more employees","k19gj3ekxzno":"How much of this is due to absence?","k19j75udgzxi":"How many people in employment feel emotionally exhausted?","k19jcmhkh5ty":"Copy link to 'When did hours of absence peak?'","k19k6mrsird6":"Hours per year","k19kg583onjz":"Copy link to 'How many people in employment are in the critical range at work?'","k19nirzi58b8":"Italian-speaking Switzerland","k19vx4b4n2ib":"Employer on-costs (%)","k1a3bqsgfovp":"64.4 hours","k1a3dxeawv5z":"80.0","k1a4epr0afn2":"Private Medical Office","k1a8tyu6w1xr":"Replacement staff, overtime premiums, management time, error and quality costs, follow-on absences caused by overload. In the Swiss market, mark-ups of 100, 150 and 250% of direct costs are in circulation, always described as a 'rule of thumb' and never derived. We therefore set no default value. What you enter here is your assumption, not ours, and we always call the result a scenario, not a cost.","k1aatvenoaeu":"10.0","k1ad5au2itoj":"The annual economic potential of reducing work-related stress in Switzerland was around CHF 6.5 billion in 2022, of which CHF 5 billion from presenteeism and CHF 1.5 billion from absenteeism (Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, published August 2022).","k1aoi5xxrsxh":"-3.3 to 15.6","k1auqidnxw6o":"around 50%","k1av8wewyj2":"12.2","k1ayk7kgt3fz":"Barthelmes, I., Bödeker, W., Sörensen, J., Kleinlercher, K.-M. and Odoy, J. (2019). iga.Report 40. Wirksamkeit und Nutzen arbeitsweltbezogener Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention. Zusammenstellung der wissenschaftlichen Evidenz 2012 bis 2018. ISSN 1612-1988.","k1az3r10bnjg":"Elementary occupations","k1b4ycpneu44":"Formula","k1b829qgoatt":"The economic potential is not a realised cost figure but the calculated amount that could be unlocked by reducing demands.","k1be0bvy3jzo":"How many people in employment are in the critical range at work?","k1bg5ve3cosa":"Every April","k1bjz5axnvon":"2What absences cost","k1bmu6vhhrbv":"Copy link to 'What does incapacity for work cost the German economy?'","k1brreas5fm5":"Real estate and housing, other business services (11.5 days)","k1c47533tf9t":"Employees in Germany with no emotional engagement with their employer averaged 9.7 days of absence in 2025; among highly engaged employees, at 5.7 days, it was 41% lower.","k1c4auycp7wx":"How many hours of absence do men in full-time work have?","k1c7hbz7rmwl":"Copy link to 'How many businesses are insured under the AIA?'","k1ca4filozz3":"Survey year 2024, published June 2025","k1cea6w5nu2w":"Suggested citations and terms of use","k1ceq5xt1nzo":"Prevalence of presenteeism in Swiss businesses, link with management culture and burnout symptoms, effect of an e-learning intervention","k1cfavuqawrl":"OASI/IV/EO, unemployment insurance (ALV), accident insurance (UVG), family allowance funds (FAK) and the employer's share of BVG pension contributions. Typically 15 to 22%, depending on industry, canton and pension plan.","k1cgpdoj82g7":"Group","k1cqdy8rwr6":"What does physical inactivity cost in productivity losses?","k1cujigjpl08":"Back to home","k1czia5gtfue":"Copy link to 'What is the state of corporate health management in small businesses?'","k1d06nnx71ob":"Communication","k1d1qv71j4q5":"How has absence changed in a single canton?","k1d3jsofvcxv":"How many days of absence were there before the pandemic?","k1d3oitulfsp":"Copy link to 'How high were days of absence in the first year of the pandemic?'","k1d9shv3tu5i":"Copy link to 'Which occupational group is absent most often?'","k1dbu12oytrc":"Managers in Switzerland were absent for an average of 5.1 working days per full-time post in 2025, fewer than any other occupational group reported.","k1df1e9kj7ev":"25.9%","k1dsvcxsd2fw":"Share of engaged people in employment, daily stress and life evaluation, compared by country","k1dv0o3nd1tr":"Copy link to 'What were the hours of absence at the start of the series?'","k1dzinrgwcb5":"Copy link to 'What share of the potential is due to absenteeism?'","k1e2xh713ypc":"Health Promotion Switzerland (2025). Wie verbreitet ist betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement in der Schweiz? Monitoring-Ergebnisse 2024. Faktenblatt 116. Bern and Lausanne.","k1e73zwgy4au":"This page deliberately gives no franc amount per day of absence. The figure of CHF 1,100 per day of absence that circulates in the market is attributed to different sources in different places, once to SWICA on the basis of FSO data, once to SECO. Until this can be settled against the primary document, we do not publish the figure.","k1et5rsfaw90":"Full-time employees in Switzerland had an average of 5.2 weeks of holiday in 2025.","k1ex5t2u9ji7":"Worldwide","k1ey2dyki1in":"Productivity losses from absenteeism in Switzerland rose by CHF 7.6 billion, or 73.1%, between 2012 and 2022.","k1ezg1jard0x":"12% of people in employment in Europe were engaged at work in 2025; Europe is thus the least engaged region in the world.","k1f7l6fzp0a5":"Within the waiting period, the employer bears the full cost of sick pay; after that, the daily sickness allowance insurance pays the agreed level of benefit. Only your own case database can tell you how your days of absence divide between the two: many short cases fall entirely within the waiting period, while a few long cases dominate the days. That is why the share is an input, not a default. The premium itself is not included here.","k1f8xyxts142":"Copy link to 'How many hours of absence do women in full-time work have?'","k1fbm22dqlem":"Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Monitoring of corporate health management prevalence, survey year 2024, published","k1fdrmnf6upk":"5.7 days","k1fgmsmgsxqb":"Share of businesses in per cent","k1fh2lbau5h7":"Melanoma screening","k1fj6dnaxy1l":"Hours of absence reached the highest value in the Swiss series in 2022, at 65.6 hours per employee.","k1fjdzzg259e":"HEALTH PRIME has redrawn the charts on this page from published figures. You may use and republish them freely with attribution. Please name both HEALTH PRIME and the primary source given in each case, and link to this page.","k1fstccyxsb0":"Introducing a health programme","k1ft8gl0tvga":"18.0","k1fzrio946xl":"6.2","k1g5ej0lula2":"Full-time equivalents, not headcount.","k1gbm025a1rz":"In 2025, absence in Switzerland was lowest in information and communication and in professional, scientific and technical services, at 6.0 days per full-time post each.","k1ge77um7bbb":"Days of absence per full-time post by occupational group, Switzerland 2025","k1gfg0ku9lol":"Degree of implementation of corporate health management in","k1gi2bipdqr":"The corporate health management monitoring by Health Promotion Switzerland and FHNW is published. Section 6 and chart 5 are updated.","k1git3fpdy91":"Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2025, published","k1gl77838kx6":"Absenteeism, that is, illness-related absence from the workplace, accounted for productivity losses of CHF 18.0 billion in Switzerland in 2022.","k1gnm91oal6c":"4.70 to 1","k1grux98m3gn":"£51 billion","k1guntj8fxgz":"Copy link to 'How many hours of absence does each employee have?'","k1h0wawwa3pk":"In Switzerland, around 618,000 leisure accidents were registered in 2024, up 1.7% on the previous year.","k1hcru7eao75":"10.1 days","k1he4z2oqvei":"Days of absence per full-time post per year","k1hgom5j48uf":"20","k1hu7pawwoof":"58.2 hours","k1hyl2uue7dd":"Individual indicators with definition, time series, source and their own citation: work-related stress, emotional exhaustion, economic potential, absences from work due to illness and accident","k1i322iwbdj5":"Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index, survey years 2018, 2020 and 2022,","k1i3hf0khcmz":"Scientific Institute of the AOK (2026). Fehlzeiten-Bilanz 2025. Berlin: WIdO.","k1i3t1sc7sq3":"Systematic corporate health management was markedly more widespread in German-speaking Switzerland, at 23.0% of businesses, than in French-speaking Switzerland, at 16.5%, in 2024; Italian-speaking Switzerland stood at 22.8%.","k1i8pgie9tu6":"Full-time men in Switzerland averaged 64.4 hours of absence due to illness and accident in 2025.","k1idgci93wad":"5.2 weeks","k1ih03u0pnzv":"Part-time men in Switzerland averaged 41.7 hours of absence due to illness and accident in 2025.","k1ik69cegvc3":"1Absences in Switzerland","k1il8w5iiddm":"© 2013 - 2026 Health Prime AG","k1il9yxq2e8e":"How many hours of absence do part-time men have?","k1itdouszd37":"Information and","k1itj9gtenpj":"Germany","k1iwilytrb8h":"Absenteeism","k1j0ef2yv7u4":"In Swiss accident insurance in 2024, the most expensive 1% of cases accounted for almost half of all costs.","k1j1ry8d7ni":"CHF 849 million","k1j45ummifie":"Office for Economic Affairs, Canton of Zurich","k1j4qug46qtv":"6Accidents and occupational diseases","k1j4zag0ix1p":"annual, each May","k1j5z00k43uk":"The mean return on investment is 2.7 according to iga.Report 40, with individual values ranging from -3.3 to 15.6 and a study base that is predominantly American (iga, published 2019). Anyone who quotes the mean without the range misrepresents the evidence.","k1j726xm737y":"Reset to default values","k1j9ap2x61il":"30.0","k1jb38xv2bko":"Copy link to 'What is the average ROI of workplace health promotion?'","k1jb9r37pd22":"2018","k1jjxrcxknn3":"In Switzerland, around 280,000 occupational accidents and occupational diseases were registered in 2024, out of around 915,000 claims registered under the AIA in total (UVG-Statistik 2025 of the Accident Insurance Statistics Office, published 2025).","k1jlfxtdkly5":"In 2024, Germany recorded an average of 20.8 days of incapacity for work per employee, 881.5 million days in total.","k1jovtnwms2j":"How long is the actual working week of full-time employees?","k1jviyfbkk2i":"In the canton of Zurich, the number of invalidity insurance (IV) pensions granted for mental health reasons to 18 to 24-year-olds has almost doubled since 2010, while among 25 to 29-year-olds it rose by around 75%.","k1k75ca0qx8o":"Presenteeism causes three times as many unproductive hours as absenteeism","k1k9b2v94oiw":"This calculator shows the scale of your costs, not your potential savings. How much of this workplace health measures can influence cannot be predicted across the board for any single company. To understand your cost situation in more depth, commission an analysis.","k1kc3metcfc9":"Under Article 82 paragraph 1 of the Federal Act on Accident Insurance (AIA), the employer must take all measures to prevent occupational accidents and occupational diseases that experience has shown to be necessary, that are applicable in view of the state of the art and that are appropriate to the circumstances. Employees must be involved.","k1kvbv6wyigd":"Reference year 2022, published November 2025","k1kvkqht9dlk":"The first comprehensive estimate of illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland comes from the cost study commissioned by the FOPH, with 2022 as its reference year. It separates absenteeism and presenteeism.","k1kvr90zf2mc":"Copy link to 'How many businesses practise no corporate health management at all?'","k1kzbj02xse5":"periodic since 2014; results of the 2026 survey are announced for the first quarter of 2027","k1l4ac71hfa9":"In 2025, each employee in Switzerland averaged 58.2 hours of absence due to illness and accident.","k1l5idq63wa4":"Vein screening","k1lb2r8jv2pq":"Skip to content","k1lcgmnrlj7u":"UK figure. It is not a Swiss value and must not be quoted as one.","k1lk5ajk14ej":"0.0","k1lreopd4q5g":"2025, published May 2026.","k1ltgixz2nlx":"Contents","k1lujm56qmh9":"half","k1m5f54vwpel":"Share of people in employment in per cent","k1m7qjx1hncf":"How this page is built, what it deliberately does not publish, and when it is updated.","k1m8znprchm9":"Stress costs Switzerland 4 and 10 billion francs respectively","k1mf8fvevtua":"Copy link to this key figure","k1mgbsxabuaj":"How much have the costs of absenteeism risen?","k1miwrjlvfqq":"In 2022, demands at work outweighed available resources for 28.2% of people in employment in Switzerland (Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, published August 2022); 34% reported stress the previous day in 2025 (Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, published April 2026).","k1mjgx8qdp26":"6","k1n4fyp67pjd":"not stated","k1n6dujmist8":"Office for Economic Affairs, Canton of Zurich (2025). Zürcher Wirtschaftsmonitoring Juni 2025. Zurich.","k1n927q29qg6":"Legal notice","k1na2ssd0grt":"Copy link to 'How much have absenteeism costs risen?'","k1najpftsk9a":"What this calculator does not do","k1nc1csn80xx":"Year","k1ncp3rt5pzz":"Copy link to 'How much working time is lost to stress?'","k1nib8skasa2":"Copy link to 'How many sick days does Austria have?'","k1nmlrx5wp6z":"The AIA statistics may be reproduced with attribution, but not for commercial use. health-prime.ch is a commercial website. This page therefore quotes only individual figures, with attribution and a link, and does not reproduce tables or charts from the AIA statistics.","k1ns3rsahoul":"Copy link to 'Which occupational group is absent least often?'","k1nw7zyci3lx":"Mayrhuber, C. and Bittschi, B. (2026). Fehlzeitenreport 2026. Krankheits- und unfallbedingte Fehlzeiten in Österreich. Vienna: WIFO.","k1nx8irgkpcq":"Data sources on absences, stress, costs and the prevalence of corporate health management in German-speaking countries, as at September 2026","k1o4xz4lltif":"All 21 data sources on this page, with key figure, date of data, publication frequency, suggested citation and terms of use. Eight are only listed here: this page cites none of their figures, but they are the next place to look.","k1o7pke863kz":"How many hours of absence were recorded at the start of the series?","k1o8dsd4etgs":"Productivity losses in CHF billion","k1oacrpfrq63":"2010","k1obxx96fk2v":"Copy link to 'How many businesses implement corporate health management only to a limited extent?'","k1od9my7dhuw":"What share of occupational diseases are musculoskeletal disorders?","k1odk4j8yx44":"44.3 hours","k1og7lkbsy3w":"Hours and days of absence due to illness and accident, by gender, employment level, industry, occupation and age","k1oly4kh2add":"Service navigation","k1ouwvuj6qmy":"7How widespread is corporate health management?","k1oyc6dze5pi":"12","k1pbcwiz5uiz":"Share of businesses","k1pbkdun5zsa":"How many days of absence do highly committed employees have?","k1pe7dwfgeq":"Work-related stress in Switzerland: critical range and emotional exhaustion, 2018 to 2022","k1pelhsok3th":"9How Switzerland compares internationally","k1pims7t7ppa":"Genetic Sciences overview","k1pj0q7lz13k":"Health Promotion Switzerland","k1pkh9odnjtt":"Which occupational group has the fewest absences?","k1pv351usi1d":"Save as PDF","k1pvdmp8rymo":"2020","k1q4b6p24jjl":"Hours of absence per employee in Switzerland rose from 44.3 hours in 2010 to 58.2 hours in 2025, with a peak of 65.6 hours in 2022 (Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics, published May 2026).","k1q5qn1lkknt":"German-speaking Switzerland","k1qdz65qlcg9":"CHF 33.7 billion","k1qhdobp7j2s":"Klemm, A.-K. and Meyer, B. (eds) (2025). Vielfalt und gesunde Arbeit. BKK Gesundheitsreport 2025. 49th edition. Berlin: MWV.","k1qk8y21yjb3":"An assumption, not a statistic. 220 is 260 weekdays less annual leave and public holidays. Figures of 240 and 260 also circulate in the Swiss market. The value changes the result considerably, which is why it is shown openly here.","k1qotodd0nmz":"The Job Stress Index of people in employment in Switzerland stood at 50.0 in the base year 2014.","k1qtdrkzrqcq":"Hours of absence per employee in Switzerland, 2010, 2022 and 2025","k1qz0xmt5ohn":"CHF 1.5 billion","k1r234mcuxmr":"Copy link to 'How high was the Job Stress Index in the previous survey?'","k1r5zishg1kx":"around 77%","k1raohe4j3cs":"Copy link to 'How many leisure accidents are there by comparison?'","k1rh0zyt2k0r":"Copy link to 'How much of that is due to absences?'","k1rp1fyf9t2b":"In 2025, full-time employees in Switzerland missed an average of 8.2 working days through illness or accident.","k1s3etritiba":"EUR 134 billion","k1sjjsnt9h3n":"The Job Stress Index of people in employment in Switzerland, a ratio of demands to resources on a scale from 0 to 100, stood at 50.66 in 2022.","k1ske2wb3eek":"Copy link to 'How high were days of absence before the pandemic?'","k1smud0gt2zv":"Survey year 2022, published August 2022","k1sndb5f3ta9":"Which disease groups cause the greatest productivity losses?","k1sp51pdledg":"How many Swiss businesses practise systematic corporate health management?","k1sq6kwh02nq":"CHF 109 billion","k1svlu9jvdhi":"The verified 5 billion francs is the presenteeism component of the economic potential in the Job Stress Index, not a standalone cost estimate. As a standalone statement, the figure would be wrong.","k1swwq9d5uh":"28.2","k1szvqze7b9n":"33.7","k1t8obiaxvko":"20% of people in employment worldwide were engaged at work in 2025.","k1tf7zaily8j":"The key figures at a glance","k1tg1o99nkge":"International benchmarks are usable only when the survey instrument and the country are named in the same statement. Every figure in this section carries its country in the sentence.","k1tiy1ccj1t1":"Copy link to 'How expensive is presenteeism in Switzerland?'","k1tlu5sf4kia":"40 hrs 3 min","k1toapcsnpjw":"All screenings","k1tr90vb2jwc":"Occupational group","k1tv7t2sus8a":"Of Swiss large companies with 250 or more employees, 27.4% implemented corporate health management systematically in 2024, and only 0.3% practised none.","k1ty9c8rsd67":"Presenteeism means working while ill. In Switzerland it weighs more heavily than absenteeism in economic terms, yet it is far less well documented.","k1tydiaws0uu":"almost doubled","k1u62u4iggiz":"The data series behind the six charts on this page: absence hours, days of absence by industry, production losses by component, Job Stress Index key figures, level of implementation of corporate health management and engagement compared by country. All values are taken from the linked primary publications.","k1u75kme5ytw":"30.3% of people in employment in Switzerland felt emotionally exhausted in 2022, more than 30% for the first time since measurement began in 2014 (Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, published August 2022).","k1ub2t6bjcy6":"Result: your cost volume","k1uc9qpc7wb3":"2022 and 2025","k1uckb14sf10":"8Switzerland in international comparison","k1ug7sswdkgd":"Prevalence and degree of implementation of corporate health management in Swiss businesses, by company size, language region and field of action","k1uhvjfdqqeu":"Copy link to 'How much are the productivity losses per head?'","k1uithluvnis":"Terms of use of the AIA statistics","k1ulvsoffdel":"Sickness absence rate, days of absence and share of people affected in Germany, by diagnosis group","k1uoezwflp4o":"Which industry has the highest absence?","k1upkgizv7yt":"Share of people in employment who are engaged at work, comparison, 2025","k1uqnn8v5opw":"Degree of implementation of corporate health management in Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees, 2024","k1uvg7afe1jt":"Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz","k1uxodvy9tfu":"Survey year 2025, published April 2026","k1uznsgw4oeo":"component, 2022","k1v27qbran47":"Copy link to 'Which group is most emotionally exhausted?'","k1v2k048encg":"Copy link to 'How widespread is presenteeism in Swiss businesses?'","k1v3rx2drihq":"In 2025, Austria averaged 14.7 days of sick leave per employee, a sick leave rate of 4.0% of working volume.","k1v6orvzijmq":"40.0","k1vfr3wbeeym":"The fifteen questions that Swiss HR managers ask most often about these figures. Each answer names the source and the year.","k1vhzcbvnmx6":"Days of incapacity for work, production loss costs and loss of gross value added in Germany, by diagnosis group and industry","k1vrdi3xtdz9":"The Job Stress Index of people in employment in Switzerland stood at 50.83 in 2020.","k1w2twtv6qbe":"This is the fully loaded cost of sick pay for absences due to illness and accident. No model, no multiplier, no assumption beyond the five figures you can see and change above.","k1w655wc424v":"Copy link to 'What is the comparison figure for young men?'","k1w6dyfocbgd":"Company","k1w8wrghhuw7":"Contact for media","k1waf48nc054":"Services","k1wbdrs6tl92":"Prof./scientific/tech.","k1wd0sxrvmm5":"8","k1wlk1zts4cr":"Share of days of absence within the waiting period (%)","k1wubzd3wh2n":"Medical Family Office","k1wyqk9dui00":"Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)Presenteeism at Work","k1x8jg4f2exe":"BMAS/BAuA (2025). Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit, Berichtsjahr 2024. 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Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, survey year 2025, published April 2026.","k1y4gcno0qsm":"How many businesses practise no corporate health management at all?","k1y4usyic3ob":"annual, at the end of June","k1yc1erqtt4b":"New screenings for 2026","k1yc70l59z4i":"Financial and insurance activities","k1yfanmbwvs0":"What does a day of absence cost a Swiss company?","k1yn23q8shx4":"CHF 18.0 billion","k1ytv0nl9x6c":"Medical Family Office submenu","k1yyejuhwpom":"In 2025, women in full-time employment in Switzerland averaged 76.1 hours of absence due to illness and accident.","k1z3ejgmve27":"The Swiss Health Survey is conducted; the SECO analysis of working conditions follows around two years later.","k1z3o08lxr8r":"in part/occasionally","k1z7fjdhuszz":"28.2%","k1z8tztvunch":"services","k1zbgzsep1jf":"Financial and","k1zbw7km3f8x":"Nutrition coaching","k1zeyknhwzuz":"Ordinance 3 to the Employment Act (EmpO 3) specifies health protection and expressly mentions mental health in Article 2. There is no standalone provision on psychosocial risks; the points of reference are Art. 2 and Art. 5 on hazard identification.","k1zfl4hmj1m5":"Presenteeism costs Switzerland 5 billion francs","k1zoyqivgjfi":"Overweight and obesity caused productivity losses of CHF 2.9 billion in Switzerland in 2022, in addition to CHF 3.7 billion in health care costs.","k1zpvu61bdis":"In 2020, 28.7% of people in employment in Switzerland felt emotionally exhausted.","k201dihoypwf":"Facts & Figures submenu","k201k4qudw0w":"9.8","k202qpgmiygh":"More facts on workplace health","k20439chu331":"How many hours of absence does the average employee have?","k20dtyk85a3d":"How many studies is the ROI evidence based on?","k20e4zi3xlwv":"This section contains no statistics, only the four provisions that underpin employers' health protection duties in Switzerland, each with a link to the legal text on Fedlex.","k20ei8stbudw":"annual, with a mid-year interim report","k20h88s7lk3m":"Copy link to 'How many weeks of holiday do full-time employees in Switzerland have?'","k20ql9sofo03":"+73.1%","k20sf983n2tt":"CHF 6.5 billion","k20v19eobbzw":"Suggested citation (text)","k211yprp8ba5":"How many days of incapacity for work does Germany have?","k2136ui51utn":"85%","k21eyxmhtkvt":"Under the Federal Act on Accident Insurance, around 915,000 claims were registered in Switzerland in 2024, up 0.7% on the previous year.","k21hwtitoh0f":"Of the £51 billion in annual costs to UK employers, around £24 billion is attributable to presenteeism according to Deloitte UK.","k21ks53ctab1":"41.0%","k21mfshvkh1u":"Copy link to 'What share of the stress potential is due to presenteeism?'","k21weqyi3m88":"44.3","k2216mo487q7":"10 to 49 employees","k22b37apw449":"When this page is revised","k22b8ffj75j8":"Copy link to 'How many occupational accidents and occupational diseases are there each year?'","k22ijqwavxk2":"Days of absence per full-time post by industry, Switzerland 2025","k22q9lcgwe0m":"Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)Fehlzeitenreport 2026","k22wmmpkbgfq":"Survey years 2022 and 2025, updated continuously","k22ye6lzf63m":"Every figure on this page comes with its publisher, survey year, publication year and a link to the primary document. Figures we could not check against the primary document are not listed here. They appear in the methodology section, with the reason.","k23bdlmzaf1v":"All businesses with 10 or more employees","k23hcdqk89ip":"Copy link to 'How many hours of absence do men in part-time work have?'","k23illbw44ci":"Two surveys that must not be mixed","k23l1sz5hsv0":"How are the costs of accident insurance distributed?","k23lgifkn736":"Copy link with these values","k23mc0u2s6qk":"Coordination Group for Accident Insurance Statistics under the AIA (ed.) (2025). UVG-Statistik 2025. Lucerne: Statistics Collection Point for Accident Insurance under the AIA (SSUV). ISSN 1424-5132.","k23nlqpuy8ej":"Pharmacogenetics","k23ohik7lsw4":"Copy link to 'How many working days are lost per full-time post per year?'","k23qjptl8ln5":"3Stress and mental health at work","k23ql9njg7ks":"Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)","k23vfzh0mhc5":"Sickness absence rate and days of absence per insurance year in Germany, share of mental disorders","k23x9eh7rc3u":"Cost of mental health to employers in the United Kingdom and return estimates for workplace interventions","k23yhaag450c":"How many days of sick leave does Austria have?","k23zus04zsjm":"10%","k241k2fmtrox":"Presenteeism, that is, reduced performance at work despite illness, accounted for productivity losses of CHF 33.7 billion in Switzerland in 2022.","k241p0ox6v32":"49.1%","k241qhc3g5q1":"Screenings submenu","k24435el8zpv":"Of working men aged 16 to 24 in Switzerland, 14.4% felt emotionally exhausted in 2022.","k2446b7xf5hf":"Working days per full-time post per year","k244zs1a4az6":"How high is emotional engagement with the employer in Germany?","k245xuv7hmk2":"What is the comparable figure for young men?","k246weci7uu6":"How has the absence rate in Switzerland developed since 2010?","k24737xrxchl":"28.7","k24b20rp02vr":"21.8% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees implemented corporate health management systematically in 2024.","k24emjk4z7o1":"News","k24o04kl4hjd":"Copy link to 'How high are Switzerland's illness-related productivity losses?'","k24qe5v5v1bk":"What share of the stress potential relates to presenteeism?","k24srm5cnd1h":"11Frequently asked questions","k24v52gdq0oh":"Full-time employees in Switzerland were absent for an average of 8.2 working days in 2025 because of illness or accident, measured as 58.2 hours of absence per employee (Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics, survey year 2025, published May 2026).","k24vzzdgf9qu":"Of the CHF 6.5 billion of economic potential in 2022, CHF 1.5 billion came from reducing absenteeism among people in employment in Switzerland.","k24xh11ed88t":"Presenteeism: 33.7; absenteeism: 18.0. Source: Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences, reference year 2022, published November 2025, breakdown February 2026.","k252d85ek4t3":"APA","k253j61jo1zm":"The results of the Job Stress Index 2026 are published. The index was methodologically revised for its tenth anniversary, so the new values may not be directly comparable with the 2014 to 2022 series. The break is shown in the chart and not smoothed over.","k25dh7to5zzq":"27.1%","k25ek6mklmq":"The Job Stress Index was methodologically revised to mark its tenth anniversary. The values from the 2026 survey, announced for the first quarter of 2027, may not be directly comparable with the 2014 to 2022 series. This page will show the break rather than smooth it over.","k25i85gujnke":"Employers may process data about employees only to the extent that it concerns their suitability for the employment relationship or is necessary for performing the employment contract. Article 362 of the Code of Obligations declares agreements that deviate from this provision to the detriment of employees void. A health finding from a voluntary screening is not covered by this and may not be made individually accessible to employers, even with consent.","k25ijjwjzemd":"What is the Job Stress Index and how high is it?","k25mpub62bri":"30.3%","k25mrofeoy29":"10.1","k25nar4b1pf0":"How many working days are lost per full-time post per year?","k25pbu8r8ii7":"Where did the Job Stress Index series begin?","k25qtyvabeyg":"Full-time posts","k25sd1gziuki":"When did hours of absence peak?","k25w5bd20iqm":"Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026 | HEALTH PRIME®","k25y80osn6ri":"'Presenteeism costs Switzerland CHF 5 billion' does not appear on this page. The CHF 5 billion examined is the presenteeism component of the economic potential in the Job Stress Index, not a standalone cost estimate. Nor does the page use 'three times as many unproductive hours as absenteeism' or 'two thirds of illness-related business costs': no primary source exists for either multiplier.","k262ypbx2di6":"9.7 days","k2668ou7jhtm":"Mental illness and musculoskeletal disorders caused the greatest productivity losses in Switzerland in 2022, accounting for 17% each.","k26ellvs6or4":"Balance of demands and resources at work, share in the critical range, emotional exhaustion, productivity loss, economic potential","k26iuckzns95":"11.8","k26mm19zhg1":"Cite","k26mrjncuqmg":"One franc spent on corporate health management returns 2.50 to 4.80 francs","k26ogwlfjrxq":"Under EmpA Art. 6, AIA Art. 82 and CO Art. 328, employers must take all measures that experience has shown to be necessary, that are applicable in view of the state of the art and that are appropriate to the conditions of the business. There is no legal duty to offer voluntary health screenings.","k26t1k2mvmm7":"Leisure accidents matter to employers because they also lead to absence from work.","k27488koey8c":"reference year 2022, published November 2025, breakdown February 2026.","k274mgl1optr":"Every figure on this page has its own address and a 'Cite' button. It copies a complete reference that names the primary source first and then this page, for example: 'Federal Statistical Office (2026), Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences, survey year 2025, cited via HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, https://health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz#absenztage-2025'. Anyone who cites in this way credits the primary source correctly and links to the overview at the same time.","k276fo3f4rjm":"Survey year 2024, published April 2025","k27lh51qr4ic":"11","k27nlmriblit":"Corporate health management","k27o5pzbh8as":"The business case for corporate health management","k27p7fmp0k23":"First quarter 2027","k27sb1spxtvb":"Annually","k2822zg9b38f":"What changed with each revision, with dates. The latest data status for each figure is shown alongside it.","k28727zwte9e":"70%","k2897x6flrx4":"Professionals","k28bqgjn20ot":"Federal Statistical Office (2026). Schweizerische Arbeitskräfteerhebung und abgeleitete Statistiken: Arbeitszeit im Jahr 2025. Neuchâtel: FSO.","k28dqxqp3rcz":"Grobe, T. and Bessel, S. (2026). Gesundheitsreport 2026: Arbeitsunfähigkeiten. Hamburg: Techniker Krankenkasse.","k28ikl8wcwwr":"Grobe, T. G. (2026). Gesundheitsreport 2026. Fokus: Standardauswertungen zu Arbeitsunfähigkeiten im Jahr 2025. Berlin: bifg. DOI: 10.30433/gesundheit.2026.01.","k28kvefuck7x":"How are invalidity insurance (IV) pensions for mental health reasons developing among young adults?","k28pwcn2tqvb":"Survey year 2022, published March 2025","k28q9285w0qa":"Copy link to 'What is the Job Stress Index and how high is it?'","k28s19zr7r81":"6.0","k28toj3yo7wp":"What do noncommunicable diseases cost Switzerland in total?","k28yrjgai8nf":"50.66","k2959c8fje5b":"8.0 days","k29a8sw6wxyh":"Corrections","k29boo1poltb":"Transport and storage","k29jpa6c7w7":"Copy link to 'How many studies is the ROI evidence based on?'","k29jvwhl0xn4":"The Austrian sick leave rate is a share of working volume. It differs from the German sickness absence rate and is not comparable with it.","k29ozrxqn4gd":"The Gallup World Poll and the Gallup Engagement Index Deutschland use different instruments and different samples. Their values appear side by side on this page, never in the same series and never in the same calculation. The same applies to German days of incapacity for work, Austrian days of sick leave and Swiss days of absence: three countries, three survey methods, no direct comparability.","k29rd491eefi":"Main navigation","k29vt129g5b2":"20.8 days","k29yl3xom73v":"7.2 days","k2a2j44zo3wi":"Prof./scientific/tech. services","k2a9j6g5jwax":"annual","k2al1pcqnwqq":"How many weeks of holiday do full-time employees in Switzerland get?","k2alo5aukwxg":"Scenario: of which borne by the employer CHF 192,138 per year. Formula: waiting-period days × daily cost + remaining days × daily cost × (1 − benefit level).","k2am6ir7sp8v":"irregular","k2artas3j1to":"10","k2ash089ay71":"30.3","k2asxyag5h3o":"Region","k2auqvdmtbkh":"14.7 days","k2av87tvxe2s":"mostly/repeatedly","k2axbqyg8dqz":"WhatsApp Chat","k2axkgubxfv9":"14Citing this page","k2axtv2bes4n":"The only official Swiss absence series comes from the Labour Volume Statistics of the Federal Statistical Office. It is published every May and covers the previous year.","k2b7ywha6iij":"20%","k2b88mh7xc30":"published August 2022 (Fact sheet 72).","k2b8pze4cw4i":"Copy link to 'Which corporate health management measures are most widespread?'","k2babej70d1x":"Figures from the 2022 Swiss Health Survey on stress at work","k2bawv73x8t":"The following figures and statements circulate in the German-speaking corporate health management community, but do not appear here, either because they could not be checked against a primary document or because they misstate a verified figure.","k2bc6tntvwdq":"Survey year 2025, published June 2026","k2bgvpojkin9":"Sick days per employee in Austria, sickness absence rate, share of mental illness, cost of sickness absence","k2bnk2co5muf":"There is no primary source for this share.","k2c7vx37k0vh":"4","k2cahjbqlp1x":"irregular, fourth edition since 2017","k2cdbicbmfar":"Copy link to 'How high was emotional exhaustion in 2020?'","k2cg7ltzv2bs":"Result","k2cpg2dm711v":"How does corporate health management fare in small businesses?","k2cxjb4mr7wv":"Spread across the resident population, illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland in 2022 came to around CHF 8,000 per head.","k2d6capri15h":"GallupState of the Global Workplace 2026","k2d6sn2zcbvd":"The calculator is loading.","k2d9elhheg55":"In Switzerland, around 280,000 occupational accidents and occupational diseases were registered in 2024, down 2.0% on the previous year.","k2ded8ppdlj1":"How many businesses implement corporate health management for the most part?","k2dg0enz447p":"We only had the values through a secondary summary. They will be included once they have been checked against the SECO document.","k2dhwohk8p6l":"Swiss Health Observatory (2025). Psychische Gesundheit in der Schweiz. Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2025 (Obsan Bericht 08/2025). Neuchâtel: Obsan.","k2djf7t268s1":"Degree of implementation","k2dl6qnbhgj3":"Work-related stress in Switzerland: critical range","k2dni66gz1t7":"Copy link to 'Does corporate health management differ by language region?'","k2doq75ajxjx":"Copy link to 'How many working hours are worked in Switzerland each year?'","k2dtq4rnxjj2":"Which health data employers may see, which they never may, and how screenings are run in compliance with data protection.","k2e0nrvsmqtb":"8.114 billion hours","k2e1ok51zfa5":"Federal Office of Public Health (ed.) / ZHAW School of Management and Law, University of Lucerne & Bern University of Applied Sciences (2025). Kosten der übertragbaren und nichtübertragbaren Krankheiten sowie Kosten der Risikofaktoren Übergewicht/Adipositas und Bewegungsmangel in der Schweiz. Referenzjahre 2012, 2017, 2022. Bern: FOPH.","k2e5zpota27b":"What return does Deloitte UK quote for workplace measures?","k2e8y66f5wk5":"How many leisure accidents are there by comparison?","k2eb1qqzx6y2":"11Source directory: Swiss and German-language data sources on corporate health management","k2eg266v1i5n":"Copy link to 'What do non-communicable diseases cost Switzerland in total?'","k2enmeeg70ok":"To the key figure with source and method","k2eps3slph1e":"Illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland by component, 2022","k2eq5oy49lvt":"Noncommunicable diseases cost Switzerland a total of CHF 109 billion in 2022, around 14% of gross domestic product, of which CHF 66 billion was health care costs and CHF 43 billion productivity losses.","k2evemme17uv":"2025","k2f0j9k0ks1q":"Reference work on mental health in Switzerland, 12 chapters","k2f57c5ja1nn":"Initiative Gesundheit und Arbeit (iga)","k2f5e44oa5yb":"50 or more employees","k2f8ekog9v4k":"In 2018, demands at work outweighed available resources for 27.1% of people in employment in Switzerland.","k2fbuv3fv26y":"Gallup (2026). State of the Global Workplace: 2026 Report. Switzerland country-level data. Washington, DC: Gallup.","k2fcopext9hx":"Copy link to 'How good are the conditions for corporate health management in businesses?'","k2fey5a6z7ph":"22.8","k2ff9w96x9qi":"How does corporate health management fare in large companies?","k2fixf3ita3x":"The attribution contradicts itself: once SWICA on the basis of FSO data, once SECO. Until the primary document has been checked, we do not publish the figure.","k2fl1lfoog1a":"How large was the critical range in 2018?","k2fyn8teqqie":"The corporate health management monitoring by Health Promotion Switzerland and FHNW is the only official Swiss benchmark of how widely it is practised. It is published every four years.","k2fzau5goeud":"How much does work-related stress cost the Swiss economy each year?","k2g2qhyq7d0z":"21.8","k2g4sqn8a9c":"What is the average ROI of workplace health promotion?","k2g8ng5ot98n":"654,825","k2gbn2mgjxj6":"How many days of absence do employees with no engagement have?","k2gdkayclo35":"Sickness absence rate and days of incapacity for work in Germany, case duration by diagnosis group","k2gdt8w7kf2y":"Reporting year 2024, published May 2024","k2gin9f8lbrq":"39 studies","k2gjei2oxl1p":"Copy link to 'How many days of absence do highly attached employees have?'","k2gn0pzd82v4":"Share of engaged people in employment","k2gn3y05ea01":"88%","k2k573c6hhb":"About us","k2tuvouo72k":"Corporate health management key figures Switzerland 2026: chart data","k35jbljxfiu":"annual, each March","k3fkcw45ivl":"CHF 5 billion","k3h35mcrbrt":"In the critical range (%)","k3i8rkbpe6x":"How many hours of absence do part-time women have?","k3isu8d2dgh":"14.9%","k3trg6q1a74":"The FSO publishes the Labour Volume Statistics for the previous year. All absence values, charts 1 and 2, the calculator defaults, and the as-at date and change log are updated.","k3xtaznplwb":"7","k47gyyf58vg":"HEALTH PRIME does not quote a return for your company. The available evidence comes mainly from the USA, its individual values range from negative to fifteenfold, and none of these studies examined your business. Anyone who quotes the mean without the range misrepresents the evidence. The outdated rule of thumb 'one franc returns CHF 2.50 to CHF 4.80' comes from iga.Report 13 of 2008 and is therefore not on this page.","k4b1o0v1tsz":"Eye screening","k4bam0y214":"insurance activities","k4bdrlznb3b":"3.2","k4d1a8ar4vo":"How high are illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland?","k4gxqym4hxy":"Latest data","k4rqfl8oy3s":"Copy link to 'What is the state of corporate health management in large businesses?'","k4tlyg5828v":"Copy link","k4uy6ic4nb5":"Systematic implementation of corporate health management by business size and language region, Switzerland 2024, share of businesses in per cent","k56rb5g177f":"16.5%","k57vziht8rc":"Corporate health management in Switzerland 2026: absences, stress and costs in figures","k5lcwc4n202":"5Presenteeism","k5n462fd49p":"Which official data sources on corporate health management exist in Switzerland?","k5od0946wnr":"State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (2025). Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Schweizerischen Gesundheitsbefragung: Arbeitsbedingungen und Gesundheit in den Jahren 2012, 2017 und 2022. Bern: SECO.","k5xe03jodmc":"As at September 2026 · 82 figures from 13 cited sources · next scheduled update: May 2027","k5yzbsj6rk7":"17% each","k60q7ctff07":"Copy citable source reference to clipboard","k60xv5zwwyf":"How many businesses are actively engaged overall?","k64u7u9ol4p":"In the 2022 and 2023 survey waves, around 52% of the employees surveyed at 17 Swiss businesses said they had worked while ill in the previous year.","k65vpw92kcd":"Epigenetic coaching","k6bjcvjjt49":"every five years, with the Swiss Health Survey","k6k6nceepxe":"Absence was highest in 2025 in construction, at 10.1 days per full-time post, and lowest in information and communication and in professional, scientific and technical services, at 6.0 days each (Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics, survey year 2025, published May 2026).","k6lll8fo6bf":"What does mental health cost employers in the United Kingdom?","k6m1mrpqjii":"Data sheet","k6mn4osbak8":"Employees in Germany with high emotional engagement with their employer had an average of 5.7 days of absence in 2025.","k77ap4uxio8":"Half of the Swiss businesses surveyed named raising awareness of stress and mental health as the greatest need for investment in corporate health management in 2024.","k7a3533e6w9":"29.6%","k7bkjoc504f":"Copy link to 'How many of the programmes analysed were economically positive?'","k7dh1l94ipo":"4Presenteeism: the invisible costs","k7h4xtx9qfp":"The first comprehensive estimate of illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland comes from the cost study commissioned by the FOPH, with 2022 as its reference year. It distinguishes between absenteeism and presenteeism.","k7ik227ewrq":"Copy link to 'How many hours of absence do men in full-time work have?'","k7yiayg9q2y":"BibTeX","k82thjgk2o2":"The Job Stress Index of Health Promotion Switzerland has measured the ratio of demands to resources among people in employment in Switzerland since 2014.","k82v59cyi0j":"Psychosocial risks in the workplace: experience of stress, time pressure, decision latitude, emotional exhaustion","k8b2z91csmn":"twice a year","k8cxwfzuh3o":"Genetic Sciences submenu","k8i7cdiwjqi":"Copy link to 'What is the global comparison figure?'","k8k981cmr61":"every four years (2016, 2020, 2024)","k8l4drvoo2u":"around 915,000","k8r03wf9sye":"The annual economic potential of reducing work-related stress in Switzerland was around CHF 6.5 billion in 2022.","k921i0txs6m":"Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, survey year 2025, published April 2026.","k92muw5ls9n":"58.2","k94s3jjv0s4":"The dossier Data protection in corporate health management sets out in detail what employers may and may not learn from their employees' health data.","k98n2bczcj1":"Copy link to 'What do absences cost an individual canton?'","k9a2vgqwdag":"Copy link to 'What share of these UK costs is due to presenteeism?'","k9fybpftzt9":"In the canton of Zurich, days of absence per full-time post rose from 6.1 days in 2010 to 8.0 days in 2024.","k9g50kxzb5l":"CHF 359.7 billion","k9n5c8mmj1f":"How many businesses implement corporate health management only in part?","k9nzlid5iwr":"Mark-up for indirect costs (% of direct costs)","k9p7cj7w8tj":"2022","k9perjggx7d":"Gallup","k9sywo43v7v":"85% of the ROI values evaluated in iga.Report 40 are above 1; one value is negative.","k9yk8w27cgu":"around 52%","ka085ju77ig":"Where do businesses see the greatest need for investment?","ka24bpooi68":"How many people in employment in Switzerland experience stress every day?","ka2kclck8il":"49.1","ka46gogp1yd":"Figures from the AXA Mind Health Study","ka96qz1luhu":"76.1 hours","ka9ktehf26j":"Copy link to 'How do absences develop in an individual canton?'","kabikpi8324":"45.7 hours","kac4rh0m3t1":"published September 2025","kad6mpz6qch":"Source","kaiywayie5l":"Genetic Sciences","kajfpjmcsh6":"How large was the critical range in 2020?","kal3v2qp2sy":"Hours of absence per employee","karvhwqm6qd":"More dossiers","kasr69jiqwr":"How many Swiss companies practise systematic corporate health management?","kb6atix8tnf":"annual, each April","kb9rp0dxrjm":"An insurer's own study, reported only secondhand in the Swiss press. We do not publish it without checking the primary source.","kbjsymry721":"21.8% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees implemented corporate health management systematically in 2024, and a further 49.1% mostly or repeatedly (Health Promotion Switzerland, Fact sheet 116, survey year 2024, published April 2025).","kbq11icvrz3":"29.6","kbqnvqbomrl":"Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland","kbsrhuvh3zw":"The average stress-related productivity loss among people in employment in Switzerland was 14.9% of working time in 2022.","kbuz2o2qk1d":"65.6","kc3320zi8mr":"13Methodology and updates","kc7axamfgaa":"Break in method from the 2026 survey","kc7y6w4npvz":"In the canton of Zurich, absences due to illness and accidents cause productivity losses of over CHF 2 billion a year, as at survey year 2024.","kc8lha8mpqo":"Data for this chart as a table","kccblaskfez":"How many working hours are worked in Switzerland each year?","kchqujmshz2":"What share of these UK costs is due to presenteeism?","kcle5a6vor4":"Emotional engagement with the employer in Germany, days of absence by level of engagement, chronic stress at work","kcn4m8pb7jz":"27.4","kcnvnwio0zi":"In 2025, 46% of people in employment in Switzerland rated their lives as thriving, 50% as struggling and 4% as suffering.","kct5nqtoouz":"Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey years 2010, 2022 and","kcz0m3w22y4":"The figures come from SECO studies of 2000/2003 and 2011. They are correct as historical values but outdated as a current statement.","kczc8jzrpb7":"3","kd1zj2vi5pc":"The formula is a shortened version of the ranges in iga.Report 13 from 2008 and is therefore out of date. The current report is iga.Report 40, with a mean of 2.7 and a range of -3.3 to 15.6.","kd5rf31l7ms":"Copy link to 'Which disease groups cause the highest productivity losses?'","kd9xqel4txg":"The relationship is a correlation from a cross-sectional survey, not a demonstrated causal effect.","kdapnvx6gii":"Every four years, next survey around 2028","kdcpi8tuymm":"Copy link to 'How many days of absence do employees with no engagement have?'","kddn5uti12y":"In 2025, 10% of employees in Germany had a high level of emotional engagement with their employer, and 77% a low level.","kdf26hdyph6":"The formula","kdf3fhy6nsc":"Health Promotion Switzerland (2022). Job-Stress-Index 2022. Monitoring von Kennzahlen zum Stress bei Erwerbstätigen in der Schweiz. Faktenblatt 72. Bern and Lausanne.","kdfw9nb574f":"8% of people in employment in Switzerland were engaged at work in 2025.","kdgkfzrv7v0":"Health costs and productivity losses due to illness, split into absenteeism and presenteeism, plus the costs of the risk factors overweight and lack of exercise","kdglyegkxhz":"Cohen's d = 0.22","kdjuy1m7d99":"Initiative Gesundheit und Arbeit (iga)iga.Report 40: Wirksamkeit und Nutzen arbeitsweltbezogener Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention","kdps33hei9g":"The business case for corporate health management","kdtd19teyro":"How many accidents are registered in Switzerland each year?","kdunw96ie4m":"Copy link to 'How much does work-related stress cost the Swiss economy?'","kdwpiuj407t":"30.3% of people in employment in Switzerland felt emotionally exhausted in 2022, more than 30% for the first time since measurement began in 2014.","kdwrxsdtkes":"Absences, stress, presenteeism, accidents and the prevalence of corporate health management in Switzerland: 82 key figures, each with publisher, survey year, publication year and a link to the primary document. With an absence cost calculator and an open source directory.","ke9tkipm226":"50.83","kea88br2mok":"Days of absence per full-time post","kebq4dqgn3p":"65.6 hours","kebsbn5asfa":"List of sources","kellz4ttwzy":"Update schedule","kemhgni9yrs":"1","keo8r8r1m0w":"Survey year 2025, published July 2026","kez7zxntqhr":"BMAS / Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)","kezg0voi7os":"What is the worldwide benchmark?","kfazqdt1eiq":"You can overwrite any field. The defaults are public Swiss values, with year and source. Nothing is stored or transmitted: the calculator runs entirely in your browser.","kfcnprg9u1g":"The calculator takes the other route: it works with your own figures, discloses the formula and returns a range instead of a single amount. It does not ask for an email address, and no input leaves your browser.","kfejlsel611":"9Legal framework: employers' duties","kffq2pwsc5t":"5.9","kfr41d1ggi0":"27.1","kfsupd6emlc":"continuous, per indicator","kfxfxr3grkk":"How much does work-related stress cost the Swiss economy?","kg3l8gk7hjs":"Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)","kg5prst7c8m":"How many of the programmes evaluated were economically positive?","kg646dc1ybr":"Copy link to 'How are the costs of accident insurance distributed?'","kg9birdzt04":"Musculoskeletal disorders made up just under 10% of manifest occupational diseases in Switzerland in 2024.","kgdfn4adkvh":"Context","kgecmdeue6k":"Copy link to 'In which industry are absences highest?'","kgfisybhn5e":"Around 71% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees were actively engaged in corporate health management in 2024, that is, implementing it systematically or mostly.","kght7zjlyfl":"What the economic benefit of workplace health demonstrably amounts to, where the widely quoted return figures come from, and what we do not promise you.","kglit1agw9q":"The Employment Act (EmpA) requires employers to take all measures to protect the health of employees that experience has shown to be necessary, that are applicable in view of the state of the art and that are appropriate to the conditions of the business. The duty covers protection against work-related health damage, not general preventive check-ups.","kgv67b5r46t":"Share of people in employment who are engaged at work, in","kgvp8toj8i6":"8.1 days","kgx6i6lqfhs":"Copy link to 'What does overweight cost in productivity losses?'","kh3eli3ase2":"Contact","kh42f23d590":"Countries","kh5ao80w42c":"How costly is presenteeism in Switzerland?","kh9vz2crf1k":"In the canton of Zurich, absences due to illness and accidents cause productivity losses of over CHF 2 billion a year, based on survey year 2024.","khgijeb2z04":"How high was the Job Stress Index in the previous survey?","khkt642mcdi":"8.2 days","khl31qg0h5l":"What is the insured payroll in occupational accident insurance?","khp92psv27r":"The Engagement Index Deutschland and the Gallup World Poll are two different surveys. Their values must not be combined or shown in the same series.","khptxvy8zgf":"12%","khs8716n8xo":"The publication rule","khteliu1fd2":"Ten key figures, each linking to the full entry, with source, year and method, further down this page.","khuszqharwo":"In 2010, each employee in Switzerland averaged 44.3 hours of absence due to illness and accident.","khztmfmuthu":"Two thirds of illness-related business costs arise from presenteeism","ki74htrhzfg":"6How widespread is corporate health management in Switzerland?","kiabmbfatbz":"Whole economy (average) (8.5 days)","kib5p1omjtr":"UK figure. It supports the presenteeism perspective but does not replace a Swiss value.","kigyw4x0k26":"Days of absence per full-time post in the canton of Zurich, cantonal productivity losses, new invalidity insurance (IV) pensions for mental health reasons","kii4jxtvlv3":"April 2025 (Fact sheet 116).","kil935f2xta":"Deloitte UK","kimyd3rdqlw":"WhatsApp","kiqip6ao20i":"6.0 days","kiv4iaz7g6v":"10Legal framework","kixpsn261uh":"Which industries have the lowest absence?","kj3rombtzuu":"20.0","kj5472kr8vh":"You are here","kj54xth41qk":"Billions of CHF per year","kj5hqx0025b":"Clients","kj7l8xbhfqh":"Health promotion, mental health and stress management for your employees through corporate health management. We combine innovative pharmacogenetics with practical health solutions.","kj96e0x7idc":"In 2020, demands at work outweighed available resources for 29.6% of people in employment in Switzerland.","kjaahk6y7z4":"How many people in employment in Switzerland are stressed at work?","kjj8fvcpsdk":"Of working women aged 16 to 24 in Switzerland, 41.0% felt emotionally exhausted in 2022.","kjn9nudzxgv":"comparison, 2025","kjni1dmvy0p":"Your calculation above comes to CHF 452 per day of absence. For the same quantity, values of roughly CHF 300 to over CHF 1,000 circulate in the Swiss market. The difference is a matter of calculation convention, not insight: the low value is pure salary, and the high value is the same salary multiplied by a mark-up for indirect costs that is never disclosed. Anyone who places the two figures side by side without naming the multiplier is comparing nothing.","kju6t7hxlnz":"Copy link to 'How effective is an e-learning intervention against presenteeism?'","kk22zfsh8ir":"irregular; reference years 2012, 2017 and 2022","kkb0s0j3lqi":"Which industries have the highest and lowest absence?","kkfoc12lg3i":"Absence cost calculator for your company","kkj14hifttu":"The individual ROI values of the studies evaluated in iga.Report 40 range from -3.3 to 15.6.","kksz2b1dw7h":"Private Medical Office (for individuals)","kkxuusos4n3":"What is the European benchmark?","kkz1p1t8m0l":"280,000","kl33ditr24i":"28.7% of people in employment in Switzerland felt emotionally exhausted in 2020.","kl61n2tul8a":"There is no primary source for this multiplier.","kl891qxxyet":"Illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland by","kl9556dm1z5":"and emotional exhaustion, 2018 to 2022","kldzogfg6ak":"This page deliberately publishes no franc value per day of absence, because the widely circulated figure of CHF 1,100 per day of absence is credited to different sources in different places and we could not check it against a primary document. Instead, the absence cost calculator on this page works out the value from your own inputs, with the method disclosed.","klfggk8vvqc":"Which corporate health management measures are most widespread?","klvc2nw0co9":"You may cite and republish the figures and charts on this page. The ready-made citation details are below.","klvjf5gjk8f":"In 2020, full-time employees in Switzerland missed an average of 8.1 working days through illness or accident.","klw1ofnlvvl":"Transport and storage (10.9 days)","klxuwl8wdgw":"60.0","km13jclwoqd":"How many occupational accidents and occupational diseases are there in Switzerland each year?","km2p7yy46zv":"How good are the preconditions for corporate health management in businesses?","km45cuadsq6":"May 2026.","km4reoqzysx":"What share of the potential relates to absenteeism?","km8t3tbo878":"46%","kmef2qidf1e":"How many businesses are insured under the AIA?","kmfe0csajlf":"info@health-prime.ch","kmk6jpiurug":"Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026","kmkd7bm6s4o":"Workshops and seminars","kmu92hyeihl":"Information and communication","kmwns953qo3":"Gallup publishes the State of the Global Workplace. Section 8 is updated.","kmzhndg1mvu":"Does corporate health management differ by language region?","kn3laffmfrs":"8%","kn4hgr0spl2":"15Change log","knbonnghjtk":"The four core Swiss sources are the Labour Volume Statistics of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the Job Stress Index of Health Promotion Switzerland, the corporate health management monitoring in Fact sheet 116, and the study of the costs of illness and productivity losses commissioned by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). The source directory on this page lists each of them with its key figure, year, frequency and suggested citation.","knd45cvs4m8":"Source: Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences,","knfgyhg6asa":"Compilation of the scientific evidence from 2012 to 2018 on the effectiveness and economic benefit of workplace health promotion, including ROI figures","knh80t4fbva":"Copy link to 'How many people in employment in Switzerland experience stress every day?'","kni2j7yss2o":"Survey year 2025, published 2026","knqj55m3fev":"34%","kns9pt0mpbw":"The payroll insured under occupational accident insurance in Switzerland was CHF 359.7 billion in 2023.","kntca6r1zjr":"41.7 hours","kny4wszidw2":"Registered accidents and occupational diseases under the AIA, insured businesses, full-time workers, total payroll, cost distribution","knyeawz7wpp":"8Is corporate health management worthwhile? The ROI evidence","ko0b2xgvbjr":"Industry","ko6j2eaj1rs":"23.0% vs 16.5%","kobp65ot7zz":"8% of people in employment in Switzerland were engaged at work in 2025, compared with 12% in Europe and 20% worldwide (Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, published April 2026).","kokce5pld6q":"Data security","koosny28d19":"around £24 billion","kow7sqvye5g":"Facts & Figures","kp2jsof3d7c":"Cardiovascular screening","kpax5v78osw":"2010: hours of absence per employee 44.3; 2022: hours of absence per employee 65.6; 2025: hours of absence per employee 58.2. Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey years 2010, 2022 and 2025, published May 2026.","kpbadcumbet":"Copy link to 'How many hours of absence do women in part-time work have?'","kptvpov2tdw":"49.1% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees implemented corporate health management mostly or repeatedly in 2024.","kpu7khzox7":"around 71%","kqhgqdvbnol":"Gross annual salary per full-time post (CHF)","kqi8asxhl8j":"systematic: 21.8; mostly/repeatedly: 49.1; to a limited extent/occasionally: 25.9; not at all: 3.2. Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Monitoring of corporate health management prevalence, survey year 2024, published April 2025 (Fact sheet 116).","kqksm97qkv9":"Copy link to 'How high is the insured payroll in occupational accident insurance?'","kqulje67af2":"12List of sources","kqx0noojdou":"Construction recorded the highest absence figure in Switzerland in 2025, at 10.1 days of absence per full-time post.","kqyz70bwgoq":"Executive Medical Office","kr5dag91cni":"Copy link to 'How many businesses implement corporate health management for the most part?'","krgmj9o0d0y":"Around 77% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees had good to very good preconditions for corporate health management in 2024.","krj21bzg1po":"What is the Job Stress Index and how high is it currently?","krjmwd1g1xl":"27.4%","krl73udkyio":"What we do not promise you","krlisr9wxev":"In 2019, full-time employees in Switzerland missed an average of 7.2 working days through illness or accident.","krlrc8k64am":"just under 10%","krmnyrkmt88":"What is presenteeism and how costly is it in Switzerland?","krngsrqpzgv":"7Is corporate health management worthwhile? What the evidence says about ROI","krobu1qzs50":"Copy link to 'How many accidents are registered in Switzerland each year?'","krpbrztpkfo":"Trigger","krvu9z4wlyr":"Deloitte UK puts the return on workplace mental health measures in the United Kingdom at £4.70 per £1 invested, and at £6.30 for universal interventions.","krx2x58p6sw":"CHF 70.5 billion","ks1tr0s4sc7":"Emotionally exhausted (%)","ks38hq723yd":"25.9","ks7uelbulm7":"Of the CHF 6.5 billion of economic potential from stress reduction in Switzerland in 2022, CHF 5 billion came from reducing presenteeism.","ksfe78ia38p":"How high was emotional exhaustion in 2020?","ksgskv3sa73":"How engaged are Swiss employees in international comparison?","ksh1nho01iv":"not at all","kssutum3jvy":"Menu","ksykeu09284":"28.7%","kt00gwdb62e":"Our own analyses from HEALTH PRIME screenings","kt1r3itis09":"Incapacity for work cost Germany around €134 billion in production downtime in 2024, equal to 3.0% of gross national income.","kt627t5jiqi":"Switzerland","kt72fg563e0":"No figure appears on this page without all four details: a named publisher, the year the data refer to, the year of publication and a link to the primary document. If any of the four is missing, the figure does not appear. In Swiss statistics the survey year and the publication year regularly differ, and confusing them is the most common citation error in this field, which is why both are always shown here.","kt8l1pvf92y":"0.3","kt92oxajwmg":"How widespread is presenteeism in Swiss businesses?","kt9pujei799":"Copy link to 'How large was the critical range in 2020?'","kt9yptimv1q":"annual, usually towards the end of the year","ktc1hy7zfle":"Scenario 2: indirect costs, if you set a multiplier","ktcg5pfwpk5":"Part-time women in Switzerland averaged 45.7 hours of absence due to illness and accident in 2025.","ktf1t07s3b8":"FOPH and Obsan (year). Indicator name (MonAM indicator). https://ind.obsan.admin.ch/","ktizlzl9pa1":"2018: In critical range (%) 27.1, Emotionally exhausted (%) no data; 2020: In critical range (%) 29.6, Emotionally exhausted (%) 28.7; 2022: In critical range (%) 28.2, Emotionally exhausted (%) 30.3. Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index, survey years 2018, 2020 and 2022, published August 2022 (Fact sheet 72).","ktjvr6op3dg":"Usage rights","ktkeok43jdm":"3.2% of Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees practised no corporate health management at all in 2024.","ktld3mlb9kt":"The ROI evaluation in iga.Report 40 is based on 39 studies with 47 individual ROI values, overwhelmingly from the USA.","ktnd851csmy":"Project study, not an ongoing series","ktp4u6lcltb":"Direct absence costs = full-time posts × days of absence per full-time post × (gross annual salary × (1 + employer on-costs)) ÷ working days","ktrn6jlkafl":"CHF 1,100 cost per day of absence per person","kttosqjutey":"Copy link to 'What return does Deloitte UK give for workplace measures?'","ktvjdry52le":"5Accidents and occupational diseases","ktx8sa9l6w8":"Legal","ktzeo73fu7b":"3Absence calculator - your figures","ku065y7c36a":"3.2%","ku0bii2h76p":"12.2 days","kubaf67sjdx":"What does incapacity for work cost the German economy?","kuh7n5py4px":"Copy link to 'How wide is the spread of ROI values?'","kuiraeg3u3t":"Days per full-time post per year","kumt21es7ov":"Article 328 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO) requires employers to respect and protect the personality of employees and to show due regard for their health. The wording of paragraph 2 largely matches EmpA Art. 6 and AIA Art. 82. No duty to carry out screenings follows from it.","kurf41fo9jl":"Copy link to 'How long is the actual weekly working time of full-time employees?'","kutp07qqmy3":"Copy link to 'How many Swiss businesses practise systematic corporate health management?'","kuvdlen9yuk":"UK figure from a company publication. HEALTH PRIME does not use it to promise any return to Swiss clients.","kuvqa3at41j":"0","kuwcwjikwe6":"The e-learning intervention tested in the BFH study showed only a small effect in Swiss businesses, Cohen’s d = 0.22, and only with full participation.","kuwvv5b7vxr":"The figure is the presenteeism component of total illness-related productivity losses of CHF 70.5 billion and is well above the absenteeism component of CHF 18.0 billion.","kuz8lrp7s17":"Copy link to 'Where do businesses see the greatest need for investment?'","kv05osroabk":"What does overweight cost in productivity losses?","kv2ovl1loj5":"Sickness absence rate and days of incapacity for work per employee in Germany, long-term illness, types of illness","kv2qm3frimk":"Of Swiss small businesses with 10 to 49 employees, 16.5% implemented corporate health management systematically in 2024, and 6.8% practised none.","kv5d0f37bg4":"Copy link to 'What does mental health cost employers in the United Kingdom?'","kv8qs70c272":"Physical inactivity caused productivity losses of CHF 849 million in Switzerland in 2022, in addition to CHF 1.7 billion in health care costs.","kvehzv2tqvw":"Deloitte UK (2024). Mental health and employers: the case for investment. Pandemic and beyond, 4th edition. London: Deloitte.","kvhuy1yobk4":"How wide is the spread of ROI values?","kvk9fjp0rh1":"Is corporate health management financially worthwhile? What does the evidence say about ROI?","kvn0ot9yalu":"Full-time employees in Switzerland worked an average of 40 hours and 3 minutes a week in 2025, compared with 40 hours and 54 minutes in 2019.","kvn63j7utt2":"How effective is an e-learning intervention against presenteeism?","kvqdqfrd98j":"Statistics Collection Point for Accident Insurance under the Federal Act on Accident Insurance (SSUV)","kw45r1zt0cn":"What is updated","kw5adt3sfrv":"Your figures","kw78z67dd2y":"Copy link to 'Where did the Job Stress Index series begin?'","kwi9ag20qew":"Copy link to 'How many days of incapacity for work does Germany have?'","kwpjit9u4cv":"What do absences cost in your business?","kwt9h1ncmsy":"Sickness absence rate and days of absence per member of the labour force in Germany, by diagnosis group","kwv1nfb0ahb":"The AIA statistics of the SSUV are published. Section 5 is updated.","kwv5deekkni":"Copy link to 'How engaged are people in employment in Switzerland?'","kww4gloydeb":"13Citing this page","kx2a887yaf3":"4Stress and mental health","kx3fq7h4xz0":"Not a single figure on this page comes from our own screenings. Aggregated analyses would only be published once the method, sample size and data protection framework are disclosed.","kx3mzfr7xgl":"Copy link to 'How strong is emotional engagement with the employer in Germany?'","kx6vzf2s99d":"14.4%","kx7pddfuj5":"All values are taken from the linked primary publications. HEALTH PRIME carries out no surveys of its own for this page and publishes no analysis of its own screenings here. The charts are redrawn from the published figures; no chart from a source is reproduced.","kxak7yv5nw1":"Benefit level of the daily sickness allowance insurance (%)","kxjvphlbevf":"French-speaking Switzerland","kxkh5i1lo3l":"How many occupational accidents and occupational diseases are there each year?","kxlc5rbfaxx":"Three common presenteeism claims this page leaves out","kxlocds6m5e":"Copy link to 'How large was the critical range in 2018?'","kxqas9zocc6":"The guide for HR: who helps decide, which objections actually arise, and how a programme really gets started in a company.","kxry73thb0m":"According to the evidence compiled in iga.Report 40, the mean return on investment of workplace health promotion is 2.7, based on a meta-analysis of 39 international studies.","kxsj3gutdp6":"Language","kxusvrwedxy":"6.8","kxwdax6zelr":"Federal Statistical Office (FSO)","kyau20lk2ze":"Component","kyfwyujuwr8":"2","kyim4mxbylb":"over CHF 2 billion","kyjg92veavd":"8832 Wollerau","kymf1hv6jp6":"Data protection in corporate health management","kyol6dqq975":"Survey year 2025, published May 2026","kyxn0doyc1l":"23.0","kzf79vz2d8r":"This figure must never be quoted without its range. 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What does the evidence say about ROI?</0><1/>","m15np9l015zc":"<0/><1>Emotionally exhausted (%)</1>","m15sej786j64":"<0>Executive Medical Office (for companies)</0>","m15vwbv9hq7n":"<0>Use:</0> the statistics portal permits non-commercial use only.","m15ztvep6wrw":"<0>How many Swiss companies practise systematic corporate health management?</0><1/>","m169qep3q7k3":"<0>Method:</0> Zürcher Wirtschaftsmonitoring of the Office for Economic Affairs, analysis of absences per full-time post for the canton of Zurich.","m16fpnltck7i":"<0>2,125</0><1>days of absence per year in total</1>","m16gb9r3xrdn":"<0/><1>29.6</1>","m16r6tmfevu3":"<0>Document:</0> <1>BKK Gesundheitsreport 2025</1>","m16vw9kvwdke":"<0>Which official data sources on corporate health management exist in Switzerland?</0><1/>","m16zhh6041gw":"<0>Federal Office of Public Health and Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan)</0><1>MonAM, monitoring system for addiction and non-communicable diseases</1>","m171cfjnyq3v":"<0>Use:</0> press releases and press tables are free; the book edition is chargeable.","m17fz3yk31p8":"<0>Bowel cancer screening</0>","m17ooq8dipju":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences</1>, survey year 2022, published May 2026.","m17pis7fud83":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1>, survey year 2022, published August 2022.","m18be21d8dir":"<0>28.2%</0><1>People in employment in the critical stress range, Switzerland</1><2>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2022</2>","m18ijmd5vm1b":"<0>Use:</0> university publication, cite with attribution.","m18r7w2xpadr":"<0>Method:</0> Presenteeism at Work study by Bern University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with SWICA, 2,785 employees from 17 businesses in both measurement waves, of whom 1,456 people had worked while ill in the previous year.","m19266jbzukn":"<0/><1>40.0</1>","m19qy4mmnyhe":"Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan)<0>listed only, not cited</0>","m19ua8nk7xce":"<0>Illness related productivity losses in Switzerland by</0><1>component, 2022</1>","m19y5yublgd5":"<0>Method:</0> cost analysis of the AIA statistics across all registered cases.","m1axgei5he67":"<0>Method:</0> key figures table of the AIA statistics; stock figures are reported with a one-year lag relative to case numbers.","m1b0uflkz9kg":"<0>Method:</0> time series of the Job Stress Index in Fact sheet 72 of Health Promotion Switzerland; 2014 baseline survey.","m1b1ujojt5me":"<0><1>CHF 70.5 billion</1><2>Total illness-related productivity losses, Switzerland</2><3>FOPH and ZHAW, survey year 2022</3></0>","m1cmstfk1tsp":"<0>Legal notice</0>","m1cpq5zeo1ol":"<0>Use:</0> permitted with attribution under the FSO terms of use. This page cites individual figures and links to the FSO table.","m1crg9w23wg1":"State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)<0>listed only, not cited</0>","m1ctqemcewl0":"<0>Cardiovascular screening</0>","m1czn0ui3xyf":"<0>Note on the default values:</0> The calculator is pre-filled with values from the Labour Volume Statistics for survey year 2024, because the comparison industries also come from that survey and reference years must not be mixed within one calculation. The most recent overall figure is <1>8.2 days of absence per full-time post for 2025</1>; you can enter it in the Days of absence field.","m1d0k6kyyrpl":"<0>Method:</0> time series of the Job Stress Index in Fact sheet 72 of Health Promotion Switzerland; 2020 survey wave.","m1d6cgdocia1":"<0>Switzerland</0>","m1d7hygejiy3":"<0>Clients</0>","m1dlxqtcpk5c":"<0>Use:</0> all rights reserved; reprinting only with prior written permission.","m1dq3epkdo6w":"<0>Share of people in employment who are engaged at work, in</0><1>comparison, 2025</1>","m1dt665ttckr":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Monitoring of corporate health management prevalence, Fact sheet 116</1> · <2>FHNW project page</2>","m1e2zxqi5km1":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Kosten der übertragbaren und nichtübertragbaren Krankheiten in der Schweiz (ZHAW, University of Lucerne, Bern University of Applied Sciences)</1>, survey year 2022, published November 2025.","m1edd2nh17jy":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Office for Economic Affairs, Canton of Zurich, Zürcher Wirtschaftsmonitoring, June 2025</1>, survey year 2024, published June 2025.","m1efbybf57ie":"<0>Techniker Krankenkasse (Germany)</0><1>Gesundheitsreport 2026, sub-volume on incapacity for work</1>","m1elyrcuzggx":"<0/><1><2>Work-related stress in Switzerland: critical range</2><3> and emotional exhaustion, 2018 to 2022</3></1><4>Share of people in employment in per cent</4><5><6><7/><8>0.0</8></6><9><10/><11>10.0</11></9><12><13/><14>20.0</14></12><15><16/><17>30.0</17></15><18><19/><20>40.0</20></18></5><21><22><23/><24>27.1</24></22><25>not stated</25><26>2018</26></21><27><28><29/><30>29.6</30></28><31><32/><33>28.7</33></31><34>2020</34></27><35><36><37/><38>28.2</38></36><39><40/><41>30.3</41></39><42>2022</42></35><43/><44><45><46/><47>In the critical range (%)</47></45><48><49/><50>Emotionally exhausted (%)</50></48></44><51><52>Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index, survey years 2018, 2020 and 2022,</52><53> published August 2022 (Fact sheet 72).</53><54>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</54></51><55>Work-related stress in Switzerland: critical range and emotional exhaustion, 2018 to 2022</55><56>2018: In the critical range (%) 27.1, Emotionally exhausted (%) not stated; 2020: In the critical range (%) 29.6, Emotionally exhausted (%) 28.7; 2022: In the critical range (%) 28.2, Emotionally exhausted (%) 30.3. Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index, survey years 2018, 2020 and 2022, published August 2022 (Fact sheet 72).</56>","m1ex7bl2wsw":"We list only industries for which a published FSO value exists. The selection genuinely changes the comparison below. <0>Use industry value</0>","m1exjztmyco5":"<0>Introducing a health programme</0>","m1eyuu280ixb":"<0>BMAS / Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)</0><1>Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit, reporting year 2024, costs of incapacity for work</1>","m1f3mpt9p5fi":"<0>Working days per full-time post per year</0><1/>","m1fq8m2cwe15":"<0>13</0>Citing this page","m1fx2d0wl8j7":"<0><1>9</1>How Switzerland compares internationally</0>","m1fxh6xdmr3z":"<0><1>8.2 days</1><2>Days of absence per full-time post, Switzerland</2><3>FSO, survey year 2025</3></0>","m1gkyqja8ec7":"<0>Construction</0><1/><2>10.1</2>","m1gm4jf0r1rd":"<0><1>1</1>Absences in Switzerland</0>","m1gmkq5xyd5t":"<0><1>Is corporate health management financially worthwhile? What does the evidence say about ROI?</1><2/></0>","m1gxej72a71b":"<0>What legal duties do employers have on health protection?</0><1/>","m1gy7nvlba1z":"This permission applies only to the presentations and texts on this page. It does not extend to the primary sources themselves. Their terms of use are listed in the <0>source directory</0> under each source and are in some cases narrower: the AIA statistics prohibit commercial reproduction, the MonAM indicators of the FOPH and Obsan are open-by-ask, and Gallup reserves all rights.","m1h2ss9ovuxd":"<0>Presenteeism</0><1/><2>33.7</2>","m1h3oicyolds":"<0>BKK Dachverband (Germany)</0><1>BKK Gesundheitsreport 2025</1>","m1hik8yfug1a":"<0>Use:</0> the publication may be reprinted with attribution, except for commercial use. This page therefore cites only individual figures with attribution and reproduces no tables or graphics from the AIA statistics.","m1hkxrz09wc5":"<0>Method:</0> intervention study by Bern University of Applied Sciences with two measurement waves; effect size after Cohen, values around 0.2 count as a small effect.","m1hr391o1tnj":"<0>Legal text:</0> <1>AIA Art. 82 on fedlex.admin.ch</1>","m1hvacynfn41":"<0>CHF 33.7 billion</0><1>Productivity losses from presenteeism, Switzerland</1><2>FOPH and ZHAW, survey year 2022</2>","m1i4he8fmixc":"<0>Legal text:</0> <1>EmpA Art. 6 on fedlex.admin.ch</1>","m1ij1v41084b":"<0>Chart 6</0> Share of people in employment who are engaged at work, comparison, 2025. Unit: share of people in employment in per cent. All four values come from the same survey (Gallup World Poll). The separately published Gallup Engagement Index Deutschland uses a different instrument and is not comparable with these values. <1>Source:</1> <2>Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, survey year 2025, published April 2026</2>. HEALTH PRIME's own chart based on the published figures.","m1in2dglzpir":"<0>Genetic Sciences overview</0>","m1ipprd340az":"<0/><1>60.0</1>","m1j5e9dh2al6":"<0>Days of absence per full-time post by industry, Switzerland 2025</0>","m1j6mfq9hdm4":"<0><1/><2>58.2</2></0><3>2025</3>","m1jlmnckf63u":"<0>BARMER Institute for Health System Research (bifg, Germany)</0><1>Gesundheitsreport 2026, standard analyses</1>","m1k0lv6mqzr8":"<0>Source:</0> <1>BMAS / Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit, reporting year 2024, cost of incapacity for work</1>, survey year 2024, published December 2025.","m1k1onguwk3f":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Gesundheitsreport 2026</1>","m1k2okmpdi0d":"<0><1>How much does work-related stress cost the Swiss economy each year?</1><2/></0>","m1khf5t3u5d8":"<0>Document:</0> <1>iga.Report 40: Wirksamkeit und Nutzen arbeitsweltbezogener Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention</1> · <2>iga report page</2>","m1km7k670s06":"<0>Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, survey year 2025, published April 2026.</0><1>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</1>","m1kn561c90nd":"<0><1>10</1>Legal framework</0>","m1koo66d4sje":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Fehlzeitenreport 2026</1> · <2>WIFO publication page</2>","m1ldifprab1k":"The anchors on this page are permanent. A key figure keeps its address once published, so that a link to <0>#absenztage-2025</0> still points to the same statement years from now.","m1lynwz1ge58":"<0>Statistics Collection Point for Accident Insurance under the Federal Act on Accident Insurance (SSUV)</0><1>AIA statistics 2025</1>","m1lz2lngpx7s":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Fehlzeitenreport 2026</1>, survey year 2025, published June 2026.","m1m7peg8zzzw":"<0>Chart 5</0> Degree of implementation of corporate health management in Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees, 2024. Unit: share of businesses in per cent. Population: businesses in Switzerland with 10 or more employees. <1>Source:</1> <2>Health Promotion Switzerland, Monitoring Verbreitung BGM, survey year 2024, published April 2025 (Fact sheet 116)</2>. HEALTH PRIME's own chart based on the published figures.","m1m87dlwnhx2":"<0>Health Promotion Switzerland</0><1>Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1>","m1mcufehk7q4":"<0><1>12</1>List of sources</0>","m1md6zv4z833":"<0>Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index, survey years 2018, 2020 and 2022,</0><1>published August 2022 (Fact sheet 72).</1><2>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</2>","m1mta1f6d6mr":"<0>1</0>Absences in Switzerland","m1mtb3iziqnb":"<0>Legal text:</0> <1>CO Art. 328 on fedlex.admin.ch</1>","m1muz82fv26e":"BARMER Institute for Health System Research (bifg, Germany)<0>listed only, not cited</0>","m1nfkdxmujpp":"<0>Home</0>","m1nsdb11ak7q":"<0/><1>27.1</1>","m1o8d48azkwr":"<0>Legal text:</0> <1>CO Art. 328b in conjunction with Art. 362 on fedlex.admin.ch</1>","m1oaji6gkxjg":"<0>Nutrition coaching</0>","m1ok2jrw5bz7":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1> · <2>Job Stress Index topic page</2>","m1om4plm41gy":"<0>mostly/repeatedly</0><1/><2>49.1</2>","m1on8uwvuhos":"<0>Chart 3</0> Illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland by component, 2022. Unit: CHF billion per year. The two components shown are part of the total illness-related productivity losses of CHF 70.5 billion in 2022. The difference from the total is not shown here because the source reviewed does not report it as a separate figure. <1>Source:</1> <2>Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences, reference year 2022, published November 2025, breakdown February 2026</2>. HEALTH PRIME's own chart based on the published figures.","m1or5qw3ehyj":"<0/><1><2>Hours of absence per employee in Switzerland, 2010,</2> <3>2022 and 2025</3></1><4>Hours per year</4><5><6><7/><8>0.0</8></6><9><10/><11>20.0</11></9><12><13/><14>40.0</14></12><15><16/><17>60.0</17></15><18><19/><20>80.0</20></18></5><21><22><23/><24>44.3</24></22><25>2010</25></21><26><27><28/><29>65.6</29></27><30>2022</30></26><31><32><33/><34>58.2</34></32><35>2025</35></31><36/><37><38>Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey years 2010, 2022 and</38> <39>2025, published May 2026.</39><40>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</40></37><41>Hours of absence per employee in Switzerland, 2010, 2022 and 2025</41><42>2010: hours of absence per employee 44.3; 2022: hours of absence per employee 65.6; 2025: hours of absence per employee 58.2. Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey years 2010, 2022 and 2025, published May 2026.</42>","m1p2cgpi6ovw":"<0>Melanoma screening</0>","m1p6279bms71":"<0>Cite chart</0>","m1pidwzw3pzz":"<0>Benefit level of the daily sickness allowance insurance (%)</0><1/>","m1pstuypswgv":"<0><1>How engaged are Swiss employees in international comparison?</1><2/></0>","m1pzu1s64b2f":"<0><1/><2>29.6</2></0><3><4/><5>28.7</5></3><6>2020</6>","m1qac3grtfhq":"<0/><1>In the critical range (%)</1>","m1qcivjv4cxw":"<0><1>14</1>Citing this page</0>","m1qdt2ilkydb":"<0>Document:</0> <1>State of the Global Workplace 2026</1>","m1r643hoenid":"<0>Data security</0>","m1r6eynmgmvz":"<0/><1>65.6</1>","m1r6krdgzs8t":"<0>21.8%</0><1>of businesses with 10 or more employees have systematic corporate health management, 2024</1><2>Health Promotion Switzerland, Fact sheet 116, published April 2025</2>","m1rfwhistt22":"<0>8</0>Switzerland in international comparison","m1rzs84wy37e":"<0>Use:</0> figures may be cited with attribution; tables and graphics are not reproduced.","m1s5gb92t5rl":"<0>Use:</0> reproduction and distribution of the figures is permitted only with attribution.","m1se4wgv3ksi":"<0>8.2 days</0><1>Days of absence per full-time post, Switzerland 2025</1><2>FSO, Labour Volume Statistics, published May 2026</2>","m1sho75hlaa7":"<0><1>What legal duties do employers have on health protection?</1><2/></0>","m1skmrqvc3wy":"<0><1/><2>44.3</2></0><3>2010</3>","m1sm71ohnfx3":"<0>Gallup</0><1>Engagement Index Germany 2025</1>","m1ssrta2c1yd":"<0>Use:</0> publication close to the federal administration, cite with attribution.","m1t06sn5qdb":"<0>Use:</0> corporate publication, cite with attribution.","m1u50umg7rb2":"<0><1/><2>11</2></0><3>Germany</3>","m1ugfbp2oaoi":"<0>Germany</0>","m1uprapw74q":"<0>Method:</0> bottom-up cost-of-illness calculation for Switzerland, reference years 2012, 2017 and 2022, prepared by the ZHAW School of Management and Law, the University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences on behalf of the FOPH.","m1ury3abqpiy":"In 2025, full-time employees in Switzerland missed an average of <0>8.2 working days</0> through illness or accident (Federal Statistical Office, survey year 2025, published May 2026). In 2022, illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland came to <1>CHF 70.5 billion</1> (Federal Office of Public Health, reference year 2022, published November 2025). This page brings the Swiss corporate health management figures together in one place.","m1uzo8otxszc":"<0>Scientific Institute of the AOK (WIdO, Germany)</0><1>Fehlzeiten-Bilanz 2025 and Fehlzeiten-Report</1>","m1v7hms1cscp":"<0><1>CHF 6.5 billion</1><2>Annual potential of stress reduction, Switzerland</2><3>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2022</3></0>","m1vcr1b64s1q":"<0>Use:</0> publicly available fact sheet. Cite with series and number; graphics are not reproduced.","m1vg5e89mfu5":"<0>not at all</0><1/><2>3.2</2>","m1vodg7utrdc":"<0>Copy</0>","m1vpgy1njzew":"<0>14</0>Citing this page","m1w2gk3619sv":"<0>11</0>Frequently asked questions","m1w44ed511di":"<0>Method:</0> analysis of 54,034,325 days of sick leave among 3,672,495 insured persons by WIFO on behalf of the Federal Chamber of Labour, WKÖ and the umbrella organisation of the social insurance institutions.","m1w62sb6sc3v":"<0><1>How many people in employment in Switzerland feel emotionally exhausted?</1><2/></0>","m1w8rrykb1j4":"<0><1>How many occupational accidents and occupational diseases are there in Switzerland each year?</1><2/></0>","m1w9r59izgh7":"The dossier <0>Data protection in corporate health management</0> sets out in detail what employers may and may not learn from their employees' health data.","m1wfcxkvdi1y":"<0>CHF 6.5 billion</0><1>Annual potential of stress reduction, Switzerland</1><2>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2022</2>","m1x59fi9ya5c":"<0><1>How many Swiss companies practise systematic corporate health management?</1><2/></0>","m1x5qxv3j8vn":"DAK-Gesundheit (Germany)<0>listed only, not cited</0>","m1xc14k6z6ie":"<0>10</0>Frequently asked questions","m1xe64e0zc2":"<0>6</0>How widespread is corporate health management in Switzerland?","m1xm2ocv7u46":"<0><1/><2>65.6</2></0><3>2022</3>","m1xtadap1hcg":"<0>Eye screening</0>","m1xzuhmalzq0":"<0><1/><2>27.1</2></0><3>no data</3><4>2018</4>","m1y4sp668bl8":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Gallup, Engagement Index Deutschland 2025</1>, survey year 2025, published March 2026.","m1yhl3pgdb7u":"<0>Method:</0> Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS) and Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), recording absences due to illness and accident.","m1yn035mof7e":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences</1>, survey year 2025, published May 2026.","m1yw3mu0yphb":"<0><1>How many people in employment in Switzerland are stressed at work?</1><2/></0>","m1z3bfvfocru":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Deloitte UK, Mental health and employers: the case for investment, 4th edition</1>, survey year 2024, published May 2024.","m1z4yqvjr62m":"<0>Epigenetic coaching</0>","m1zcrv7ftv31":"<0>Method:</0> full survey of all cases insured under the AIA by the Accident Insurance Statistics Office (SSUV).","m1zgu5j1geka":"<0>5</0>Accidents and occupational diseases","m1zre1hekbf":"<0>Use:</0> CC BY-ND 4.0, the most permissive licence among the German statutory health insurance fund reports.","m208hh4m5vnn":"<0/><1>20.0</1>","m20cy4lwwr9r":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Fehlzeiten-Bilanz 2025 and Fehlzeiten-Report</1>","m20l13rbc077":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Costs of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Switzerland (ZHAW, University of Lucerne, Bern University of Applied Sciences)</1> · <2>Specialist blog by the ZHAW authors on the split between presenteeism and absenteeism</2>","m20nysop7zj7":"<0><1>15</1>Change log</0>","m20s4e1ipfv4":"BKK Dachverband (Germany)<0>listed only, not cited</0>","m20wdrgia4du":"<0/><1>58.2</1>","m20x7pm0val7":"250 × 8.5 × (CHF 84,288 × 1.18) ÷ 220 = <0>CHF 960,692</0>","m210knfqki0b":"<0>How engaged are Swiss employees in international comparison?</0><1/>","m21c7ffm5i6g":"<0>Data as CSV</0><1/><2/>","m21dqinsfqlw":"<0>AIA Art. 82</0> Prevention of occupational accidents and occupational diseases","m21hd7uw8r7j":"<0>Which industries have the highest and lowest absence?</0><1/>","m21k72mwzlxb":"<0>The business case for corporate health management</0>","m21siecdeh1l":"<0><1>What is the Job Stress Index and how high is it currently?</1><2/></0>","m21wdrrfigj8":"<0>Cite</0>","m21zuuyz5qp5":"Due to illness and accident. <0>FSO, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2024</0>","m234efc6f7q1":"<0>Use:</0> cantonal publication, use with attribution.","m23m57oant32":"<0>Method:</0> time series of the Job Stress Index in Fact sheet 72 of Health Promotion Switzerland; 2018 survey wave.","m23wbrk8r8hj":"<0>Gross annual salary per full-time post (CHF)</0><1/>","m23x4maq4sqv":"<0>Method:</0> Zürcher Wirtschaftsmonitoring of the Office for Economic Affairs, extrapolation of cantonal productivity losses from the absence data.","m246d1ppx4xe":"<0>CHF 452</0><1>calculated cost of one day of absence</1><2>Range: CHF 441 to CHF 467</2>","m246mf8sq8tp":"<0/><1>30.3</1>","m24eavbviuq2":"<0>Initiative Gesundheit und Arbeit (iga)</0><1>iga.Report 40: Wirksamkeit und Nutzen arbeitsweltbezogener Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention</1>","m24fkhvggdv6":"Scientific Institute of the AOK (WIdO, Germany)<0>listed only, not cited</0>","m24hsqhggkls":"<0>Method:</0> iga.Report 40, chapter 11.2, based on the meta-analysis by Baxter et al. (2014); the economic benefit was studied predominantly in the USA.","m24nt5by08ju":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Gesundheitsreport 2026, sub-volume on incapacity for work</1>","m250zrg03ctc":"<0>How many working days a year are lost to illness and accidents in Switzerland?</0><1/>","m25csarqjs35":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Accident Insurance Statistics Office (SSUV), UVG-Statistik 2025</1>, survey year 2024, published 2025.","m25pm9dg8ayx":"<0>Absenteeism</0><1/><2>18.0</2>","m25smddmnffj":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit, reporting year 2024, costs of incapacity for work</1>","m2625lgh2c9l":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences</1> · <2>Absences topic page</2>","m26lo6x9srzf":"<0/><1><2>Degree of implementation of corporate health management in</2><3>Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees, 2024</3></1><4>Share of businesses in per cent</4><5><6>systematic</6><7/><8>21.8</8></5><9><10>mostly/repeatedly</10><11/><12>49.1</12></9><13><14>in part/occasionally</14><15/><16>25.9</16></13><17><18>not at all</18><19/><20>3.2</20></17><21/><22><23>Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Monitoring Verbreitung BGM, survey year 2024, published</23><24>April 2025 (Fact sheet 116).</24><25>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</25></22><26>Degree of implementation of corporate health management in Swiss businesses with 10 or more employees, 2024</26><27>systematic: 21.8; mostly/repeatedly: 49.1; in part/occasionally: 25.9; not at all: 3.2. Source: Health Promotion Switzerland, Monitoring Verbreitung BGM, survey year 2024, published April 2025 (Fact sheet 116).</27>","m26patgf1mqa":"<0>How much does work-related stress cost the Swiss economy each year?</0><1/>","m26xsznw5huh":"<0>Method:</0> key figures table of the AIA statistics.","m26xw7sygo0s":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1>, survey year 2020, published August 2022.","m26y5qpfwtqw":"<0>EmpA Art. 6</0> Health protection under the Employment Act","m277w5tsl357":"<0>Direct absence costs per year</0><1>CHF 960,692</1>","m27bpk0xaheu":"<0>Copy link</0>","m27hog73pqxc":"<0><1/><2>20</2></0><3>Worldwide</3>","m2851fwt2d94":"<0><1>28.2%</1><2>People in employment in the critical stress range, Switzerland</2><3>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2022</3></0>","m28bx4sk4cyl":"<0>Comparison industry</0><1/>","m28ip5hykbg":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Presenteeism at Work</1>","m28wdsqdwoyr":"<0>Method:</0> Job Stress Index 2022, survey of 3,022 people in employment aged 16 to 65, fieldwork February 2022, University of Bern and ZHAW on behalf of Health Promotion Switzerland.","m28y20udbsey":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Engagement Index Germany 2025</1> · <2>Gallup Germany report page</2>","m2949ge2b56c":"<0><1>8%</1><2>People in employment who are engaged at work, Switzerland</2><3>Gallup, survey year 2025</3></0>","m2abjmov6l":"<0/><1><2>Share of people in employment who are engaged at work,</2><3> comparison, 2025</3></1><4>Share of people in employment in per cent</4><5><6><7/><8>0</8></6><9><10/><11>5</11></9><12><13/><14>10</14></12><15><16/><17>15</17></15><18><19/><20>20</20></18></5><21><22><23/><24>8</24></22><25>Switzerland</25></21><26><27><28/><29>11</29></27><30>Germany</30></26><31><32><33/><34>12</34></32><35>Europe</35></31><36><37><38/><39>20</39></37><40>Worldwide</40></36><41/><42><43>Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, survey year 2025, published April 2026.</43><44>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</44></42><45>Share of people in employment who are engaged at work, comparison, 2025</45><46>Switzerland: share of engaged people in employment 8; Germany: share of engaged people in employment 11; Europe: share of engaged people in employment 12; Worldwide: share of engaged people in employment 20. Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, survey year 2025, published April 2026.</46>","m2aqguf886wz":"<0>DAK-Gesundheit (Germany)</0><1>Gesundheitsreport 2026</1>","m2arivvl9xep":"<0>Copy suggested citation</0>","m2bghpzlwwq8":"<0>Method:</0> literature review of 26 sources since 2011 by Deloitte UK, fourth edition of the Mental health and employers series.","m2bi32pekmp":"<0>All screenings</0>","m2bi3q3a6bw8":"<0>12</0>Methodology and updates","m2bq86i4lpsm":"<0>4</0>Stress and mental health","m2bs6q9u1uh7":"<0><1/><2>28.2</2></0><3><4/><5>30.3</5></3><6>2022</6>","m2bvms3zaazt":"<0/><1>28.2</1>","m2chs8dveg50":"<0>Pharmacogenetics</0>","m2csweetc4y8":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Health Promotion Switzerland, Monitoring Verbreitung BGM, Fact sheet 116</1>, survey year 2024, published April 2025. 'Not stated' means that the value is not reported in the publication reviewed.","m2cvbowqnbm9":"<0>Gallup</0><1>State of the Global Workplace 2026</1>","m2cvqu0dfkp5":"<0>Legal text:</0> <1>EmpO 3 Art. 2 on fedlex.admin.ch</1>","m2cy507fnkyu":"<0>Method:</0> iga.Report 40, chapter 11.2; 47 ROI values from 39 studies.","m2d1xcwu629k":"<0>Financial and</0><1> insurance activities</1><2/><3>6.2</3>","m2d3f6tfkjce":"<0>Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2025, published </0><1>May 2026.</1><2>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management figures Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</2>","m2d86v43z6zx":"<0>10</0>Legal framework","m2denpgmuofq":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Office for Economic Affairs, Canton of Zurich, Zürcher Wirtschaftsmonitoring, June 2025</1>, survey years 2010 to 2024, published June 2025.","m2dy9ejaz174":"<0>58.2 hours</0><1>Hours of absence per employee, Switzerland</1><2>FSO, survey year 2025</2>","m2e8cp4iyhfj":"<0>Work related stress in Switzerland: critical range</0><1>and emotional exhaustion, 2018 to 2022</1>","m2edf0oi03jq":"<0>5</0>Presenteeism","m2egrncrx8z":"<0><1>4</1>Stress and mental health</0>","m2eot7r83nkl":"<0><1>280,000</1><2>Occupational accidents and occupational diseases per year, Switzerland</2><3>SSUV, AIA statistics, survey year 2024</3></0>","m2f5a3isbd5h":"<0><1>8</1>Is corporate health management worthwhile? The ROI evidence</0>","m2fhmbdejcfs":"<0/><1>80.0</1>","m2fjvxapnwmv":"<0><1>21.8%</1><2>Businesses with 10 or more employees with systematic corporate health management, Switzerland</2><3>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2024</3></0>","m2g9kkn1eejq":"Comparison: the average for the economy as a whole is 8.5 days of absence per full-time post. Your figure of 8.5 days matches <0>it</0>. We deliberately do not calculate any savings potential from this. An industry average is a distribution, not an achievable target.","m2gef5apepj0":"<0>Method:</0> business survey, May to July 2024; 1,159 of 4,446 businesses contacted responded (response rate 26%); sample drawn from the FSO Business and Enterprise Register; representative by economic sector and language region; conducted by YouGov Schweiz.","m2gjynkfy3z5":"<0>Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026</0>","m2t3j4ch8d6":"<0><1>6</1>Accidents and occupational diseases</0>","m32ejzqhbw0":"<0>8</0>Is corporate health management worthwhile? The ROI evidence","m3ani79p7r9":"<0>Figure 1</0> Hours of absence per employee in Switzerland, 2010, 2022 and 2025. Unit: hours per year. Only the three years checked against the FSO publication for this page are shown. The FSO holds the full series for 2010 to 2025. <1>Source:</1> <2>Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey years 2010, 2022 and 2025, published May 2026</2>. Chart by HEALTH PRIME, based on the published figures.","m3eltqys0xq":"<0>Method:</0> analysis of recognised occupational diseases in the AIA statistics.","m3mj3z12drk":"<0>8 September 2026</0><1>First publication with sections 1 to 8, the legal framework, FAQs, source directory, methodology and citation notes. 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Unit: days per full-time post per year. Selected industries with the lowest and highest values for 2025. <1>Source:</1> <2>Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2025, published May 2026</2>. HEALTH PRIME's own chart based on the published figures.","m7xwuv2z2k9":"<0>8%</0><1>People in employment who are engaged at work, Switzerland</1><2>Gallup, survey year 2025</2>","m8e3vmkfxil":"<0>How has the absence rate in Switzerland developed since 2010?</0><1/>","m8ytfbp7bod":"<0>Use:</0> federal publication, use with attribution.","m97jo7vp1vg":"<0>CHF 70.5 billion</0><1>Total illness-related productivity losses, Switzerland</1><2>FOPH and ZHAW, survey year 2022</2>","m9g5cpsqvhw":"<0>Terms and conditions</0>","m9nc8ffvkk1":"<0><1/><2>In the critical range (%)</2></0><3><4/><5>Emotionally exhausted (%)</5></3>","m9pauoo1nmp":"<0><1>2</1>What absences cost</0>","mahrs8aj83j":"<0><1>What is presenteeism and how costly is it in Switzerland?</1><2/></0>","maie3e1ucot":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2025: Psychische Gesundheit in der Schweiz</1> · <2>Report portal</2>","mamog25i5rl":"<0>Method:</0> compilation of the scientific evidence in iga.Report 40, chapter 11.2, based on the meta-analysis by Baxter, Sanderson, Venn, Blizzard and Palmer (2014); ROI defined as a simple benefit-cost ratio.","may39x4z852":"<0>How many people in employment in Switzerland feel emotionally exhausted?</0><1/>","mb3fwz60xvx":"<0>14</0>Change log","mbg1maydny9":"<0>Method:</0> calculated using the wage cost approach by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; the loss of gross value added is reported separately at €227 billion.","mbwuwt0q5wu":"<0>Deloitte UK</0><1>Mental health and employers: the case for investment, 4th edition</1>","mcd4q1x1lzv":"<0/><1>44.3</1>","mcl2fteynng":"<0>Source: Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences,</0><1>reference year 2022, published November 2025, breakdown February 2026.</1><2>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, corporate health management figures for Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</2>","md50492xzhy":"<0>Employer on-costs (%)</0><1/>","md97de6jbno":"<0>systematically</0><1/><2>21.8</2>","mdgj0lfonq6":"<0>New screenings for 2026</0>","mdwm748tqrz":"<0>4</0>Presenteeism: the invisible costs","me9ev0bpq4i":"<0>State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)</0><1>Arbeitsbedingungen und Gesundheit, analysis of the Swiss Health Survey 2012, 2017 and 2022</1>","mee7q3u00nd":"<0/><1><2>Illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland by</2><3>component, 2022</3></1><4>CHF billion per year</4><5><6>Presenteeism</6><7/><8>33.7</8></5><9><10>Absenteeism</10><11/><12>18.0</12></9><13/><14><15>Source: Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences,</15><16>reference year 2022, published November 2025, breakdown February 2026.</16><17>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</17></14><18>Illness-related productivity losses in Switzerland by component, 2022</18><19>Presenteeism: 33.7; Absenteeism: 18.0. Source: Federal Office of Public Health / ZHAW, University of Lucerne and Bern University of Applied Sciences, reference year 2022, published November 2025, breakdown February 2026.</19>","mf1n9xiu1uu":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1>, survey year 2022, published August 2022. <2>The same value as a MonAM indicator</2>.","mfng1zzzcsa":"<0>Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)</0><1>Presenteeism at Work</1>","mfoscthlu2u":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Gesundheitsreport 2026, standard analyses</1>","mfxkk1co71j":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences</1>, survey year 2019, published May 2026.","mg41urf26c1":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences</1>, survey year 2010, published May 2026.","mgbaozz5p8i":"<0><1>13</1>Methodology and updates</0>","mgc00a3d0sc":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1>, survey year 2014, published August 2022.","mgm2v17oy6w":"<0>Document:</0> <1>Zurich Economic Monitor, June 2025</1> · <2>Press release of the Canton of Zurich</2>","mgnxuuofjfj":"<0>70.5 billion</0><1>CHF in illness-related productivity losses, Switzerland 2022</1><2>FOPH and ZHAW, published November 2025</2>","mho5dw7jhyg":"<0>7</0>Is corporate health management worthwhile? 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This page links to the report for every figure it cites.","mrkpaibzy3a":"<0>Vein screening</0>","mrkte3yf8ta":"Scenario: of which borne by the employer <0>CHF 192,138</0> per year. Formula: waiting-period days × daily cost + remaining days × daily cost × (1 − benefit level).","mrlafk5vw7o":"<0><1>How many working days a year are lost to illness and accidents in Switzerland?</1><2/></0>","mrmb93vbfe8":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), absences</1>, survey year 2025, published May 2026. <2>The same value as a MonAM indicator</2>.","msahg6af2kc":"<0>Use:</0> all rights reserved. This page cites individual figures with attribution and a link. Gallup graphics are not reproduced; all charts here are redrawn from the figures.","mscfisxw4u4":"If you find a misreported figure on this page, write to <0>info@health-prime.ch</0>. Corrections are recorded with their date in the <1>change log</1>.","mt00pyjd17o":"<0>Days of absence per full-time post per year</0><1/>","mt5ku6u1s9w":"<0>Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)</0><1>Fehlzeitenreport 2026</1>","mt9tlcyzlqu":"<0>Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland</0>","mtb29f6y6qo":"<0>8.2 days</0><1>Days of absence per full-time post, Switzerland</1><2>FSO, survey year 2025</2>","mtta7rb0lv5":"<0>in part/occasionally</0><1/><2>25.9</2>","muxawsdiqbl":"<0>Method:</0> literature review of 26 sources since 2011 by Deloitte UK.","mv048ekl2fq":"<0>Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)</0><1>Costs of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Switzerland (ZHAW, University of Lucerne, Bern University of Applied Sciences)</1>","mv8gtkm3l23":"<0>Use:</0> text and data mining expressly prohibited; figures may be cited with attribution.","mvb6qi2ymmb":"<0>Document:</0> <1>MonAM, monitoring system for addiction and non-communicable diseases</1>","mvdodssxxbe":"<0>Use:</0> OPEN-BY-ASK. This page cites and links indicator values; tables and datasets are not reproduced.","mw6bofrccs5":"<0><1/><2>8</2></0><3>Switzerland</3>","mwnxb2vh45q":"<0/><1>28.7</1>","mwszh6ufsme":"<0>Information and</0><1>communication</1><2/><3>6.0</3>","mwtbnhfjbma":"<0>Contact</0><1><2/></1>","mwyvz5mavtj":"<0>What is presenteeism and how costly is it in Switzerland?</0><1/>","mxggisk3u0u":"<0>Method:</0> Gallup Engagement Index Deutschland, 1,700 telephone interviews; people on long-term sick leave of over 90 days are excluded.","mxikjjcp0vb":"<0>Thyroid ultrasound</0>","mxiooe0dgac":"<0>How many occupational accidents and occupational diseases are there in Switzerland each year?</0><1/>","mxj52rm0tcb":"<0/><1><2>Days of absence per full-time post by industry, Switzerland 2025</2></1><3>Days per full-time post per year</3><4><5>Information and</5><6>communication</6><7/><8>6.0</8></4><9><10>Prof./scientific/tech.</10><11> services</11><12/><13>6.0</13></9><14><15>Financial and</15><16> insurance activities</16><17/><18>6.2</18></14><19><20>Transport and storage</20><21/><22>9.8</22></19><23><24>Construction</24><25/><26>10.1</26></23><27/><28><29>Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2025, published </29><30>May 2026.</30><31>Chart: HEALTH PRIME, Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026, health-prime.ch/bgm-zahlen-schweiz</31></28><32>Days of absence per full-time post by industry, Switzerland 2025</32><33>Information and communication: 6.0; Prof./scientific/tech. services: 6.0; Financial and insurance activities: 6.2; Transport and storage: 9.8; Construction: 10.1. Source: Federal Statistical Office, Labour Volume Statistics (AVOL), survey year 2025, published May 2026.</33>","mxjvg9qx0d":"<0>3</0>Stress and mental health at work","mxl7wogi2s":"<0><1>Which industries have the highest and lowest absence?</1><2/></0>","mxlrwa1boqe":"<0><1>7</1>How widespread is corporate health management?</0>","mxqwcx9kjdb":"<0>Method:</0> iga.Report 40, chapter 11.2; 47 individual ROI values from 39 studies; the highest value, 15.6, comes from a US school district.","mxrmpkdy6xp":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index 2022, Fact sheet 72</1>, survey year 2018, published August 2022.","my5wbn1o61d":"<0>Chart 4</0> Work-related stress in Switzerland: critical range and emotional exhaustion, 2018 to 2022. Unit: share of people in employment in per cent. The publication reviewed contains no value for emotional exhaustion for 2018. <1>Source:</1> <2>Health Promotion Switzerland, Job Stress Index, survey years 2018, 2020 and 2022, published August 2022 (Fact sheet 72)</2>. HEALTH PRIME's own chart based on the published figures.","myydwoi33yx":"<0><1>30.3%</1><2>People in employment who feel emotionally exhausted, Switzerland</2><3>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2022</3></0>","mz7juf13aux":"<0>2</0>What absences cost","mz8oiwb33fw":"<0>21.8%</0><1>Businesses with 10 or more employees with systematic corporate health management, Switzerland</1><2>Health Promotion Switzerland, survey year 2024</2>","mzlcfth71eb":"<0>Method:</0> Zürcher Wirtschaftsmonitoring of the Office for Economic Affairs, analysis of IV pensions by cause and age group.","mzqvolkb74b":"<0>Source:</0> <1>Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), Presenteeism at Work</1>, survey years 2022 and 2023, published 2024.","mzxpdk46rnj":"<0><1/><2>12</2></0><3>Europe</3>","mzyauqi9754":"<0><1>Which official data sources on corporate health management exist in Switzerland?</1><2/></0>","t17ls966ki5n":"{0}%","t1fzvydj1vxj":"+{0} {1} {2} {3} {4}","t1rnnmht4ezf":"{0} working days","t29tealerxyy":"{0}"}}