2 in 5 employees face physically demanding work
More than half of workers report having health complaints, with arm, neck and shoulder (CANS) complaints being the most common.
Due to long-term complaints, a total of 424,000 workers (2020) suffer from an occupational disease of their back, arm, neck, shoulder, knee or hip.
This not only causes a lot of personal suffering, absenteeism and disability, but also generates high costs for employers and society every year.
The cost of continued pay due to absenteeism due to complaints was 1.8 billion in 2019.
