{"id":119535,"date":"2020-11-10T09:58:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T08:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=119535"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:13","slug":"greater-demand-for-mental-support-but-staff-sickness-absence-figures-have-decreased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/10\/greater-demand-for-mental-support-but-staff-sickness-absence-figures-have-decreased\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater demand for mental support, but staff sickness absence figures have decreased"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last six months, EUR staff have received as much mental health support as they did in all of 2019. At the same time, sickness absence rates have gone down this year, which is not necessarily a good thing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226 1500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner-300x240.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner-875x700.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner-1280x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner-150x120.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/03104954\/20201118CoronaAndClimate_kleiner-225x180.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139226 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><p>The considerable increase in the number of requests for support was mainly caused by consultations on the easily accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/26\/counselling-in-times-of-coronavirus-staff-get-to-talk-to-a-psychologist-for-free\/?noredirect=en_US\"><em>OpenUp<\/em><\/a> online platform, which was established during the first lockdown and makes it easier for staff to get in touch with a psychologist. Ever since the platform was launched in March, 145 consultations have been provided using this new method.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, the number of people consulting the specially designated psychologist for PhD students and the work-life balance coaches has also risen since last year, according to monthly figures recorded by the university\u2019s HR department. Only the consultations with company social work fell, the reason for this is not clear.<\/p>\n<iframe class=\"localfocusvisual\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:550px;overflow:hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocuswidgets.net\/5fa95f180d9aa\"><\/iframe><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A third of employees feel slightly depressed<\/h2><p>Roos Schelvis, a Healthy and Safe Work policy adviser at EUR, believes it is a good thing that many employees are availing themselves of the opportunities open to them. She is not surprised that the numbers have gone up. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/05\/18\/high-levels-of-study-related-stress-and-work-pressure-throughout-the-corona-crisis\/?noredirect=en_US\">survey<\/a> performed at the start of the first lockdown showed that a third of employees were experiencing a heavier workload and feeling slightly depressed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lower absenteeism than year ago<\/h2><p>What is notable is that staff sickness absence rates have decreased since March, compared to the same time last year. For instance, at the start of October 2020, approximately 2.8 percent of EUR staff were off sick, compared to 3.1 percent in the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statistics tell us that sickness absence levels have been consistently lower since early April than a year ago. They have stayed like that in recent months,\u201d said Schelvis.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing that is notable is that sickness absence figures were slightly higher in early 2020, just before the coronavirus outbreak, than they were in the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018Sickness absence figures are always higher than the official figure on universities\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Schelvis believes that the decrease in sickness absence rates is partially due to the fact that staff currently do not have to commute between their homes and the university, which reduces the amount of stress they experience. \u201cAnd when you work from home, it\u2019s easier to take a quick nap if you\u2019re not feeling great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Schelvis thinks that the low sickness absence figures constitute a reason to be vigilant, because from a mental health point of view, people are experiencing increased stress at the moment, and working from home is not necessarily healthy, either. \u201cOur employees have a more sedentary lifestyle and are getting less exercise now that they\u2019re working from home.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Persistent stress is a risk<\/h2><p>Schelvis had this to say on the subject of mental health: \u201cProspects matter to employees, and now that it\u2019s increasingly uncertain when life will return to normal, employees will find it harder and harder to keep working like this. We\u2019ve been warning people that persistent stress is a risk. And they\u2019re listening, at various levels, all the way up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/05\/18\/we-want-to-remove-the-sources-of-stress-wherever-possible\/?noredirect=en_US\">Executive Board<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Roel Pieterman, the chairman of the EUROPA (EUR\u2019s staff affairs committee), is also concerned about the low sickness absence figures. \u201cHowever, I don\u2019t have a scientific explanation for this trend. I do have some anecdotal evidence, though. Academic staff are sometimes given the opportunity to \u2018work from home\u2019 rather than call in sick. So we think that our actual sickness absence figures are always higher than the official figure. Now that we\u2019ve all been told to work from home, it only makes it easier for people to do this, meaning that even fewer people are calling in sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_profielfoto-bol_Leroy-Verbeet-2026-1600x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768313465\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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