But manual workers clock up an average of two and a half weeks off sick every year – a 5.6% sick rate that is higher than the comparable UK figure of 5.1%.
In all, 397,047 hours were lost to sickness in the public sector in the 12 months up to 30 June – the equivalent of 191 full-time posts, and a rise from the 390,047 recorded in the previous year.
Figures revealed in the States this week show a huge disparity in the sickness rates reported by departments.
The figures were revealed in the States this week in an answer to a written question from St Lawrence Constable Deidre Mezbourian to Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur.
