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As the spread of the infection increases, sick leave has also increased in various parts of the country. In their latest situation reports, several regional administrative boards indicate that the situation of personnel in municipal activities is “very tense due to sick leave, childcare and the lack of substitutes.”
Halmstad is one of them municipalities where a high level of sick leave is reported. The Halland County Board of Administration writes that there is a tense situation with managers and nurses and that development is negative, although the impact remains moderate.
Annika Vannerberg, director of human resources in the municipality, says that it is mainly school and preschool activities.
– There is a problematic sick leave. We haven’t gotten that far yet that we’ve had to relocate staff from other locations there, but internal relocations are underway to handle the situation, he says.
It’s mainly the activities that cannot be run through the task that are affected, she says; Besides school, this also applies to home care.
– Yes it is. If you work in home care, you work with older people on the spot. But where there is an opportunity to do homework, we do it today. There are parts that basically work as usual, even if most people work from home.
In the municipality of Växjö, they have been closed every day. activities due to illness of staff and beneficiaries of care, according to the report of the County Administrative Board. The situation is described as tense.
The municipality’s human resources manager, Lena Gustafsson, says that last week they had between 430 and 490 people, out of a total of 7,500 employees, absent per day. This is largely due to the stricter local advice that adults should stay for both their own symptoms and if someone else in the home has been confirmed with COVID-19.
– Normally you go to work if you have a little stomachache, now you work at home to reduce the spread of infection, he says and continues:
– But, of course, it is not possible to translate it into care and education administration. You can’t work at home there. Then there will be a bigger impact on staffing, he says.
In the municipality of Sundsvall An increase in sick leave began to be felt in March and April, when more than 10 percent of the staff was absent. Mainly in school, care and nursing.
After a summer with sick leave, he is now back at the same level. Human resources director Karin Rystedt notes, however, that it is far from always due to confirmed cases of COVID-19.
– It’s about not being able to go to work due to the slightest symptom. You stay at home, where you would normally be at work. Now, of course, the precautionary principle applies. It is incredibly important. Therefore, sick leave is higher.
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