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Alberto Núñez Feijóo: the cost of work absenteeism rose from 13,000 million euros in 2000 to more than 30,000 million in 2025

Alberto Núñez Feijóo · claimed on Nov 13, 2026 · original source

In an interview on Jordi Wild's podcast The Wild Project, reported by Europa Press and elDiario.es on 13 November 2026 during the campaign for the 29N general election, the PP candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo said that the cost of what he calls absenteeism, that is, sick leave, rose from 13,000 million euros in 2000 to more than 30,000 million in 2025. He added that reducing unjustified sick leave would free between 10,000 and 12,000 million for pensions. The employers' association of mutual insurers AMAT forecast for 2025 more than 32,000 million in absenteeism costs from common contingencies, while the Ministry of Inclusion puts Social Security spending on temporary disability benefits at 18,413 million. What would settle it is which items enter the calculation, what source the year-2000 figure comes from, and whether the comparison adjusts for wages and number of workers.

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The mutual insurers (AMAT) forecast a cost of absenteeism from common contingencies of more than 32,000 million for 2025

At AMAT's June 2025 assembly, attended by CEOE, CEPYME and ATA, its president Juan Roca said that in 2025 the cost of absenteeism arising from common contingencies "will grow by around 10%, surpassing 32,000 million euros" and that sick-leave cases would exceed 9.2 million. This is an employers' forecast, not a closed figure, but it matches the order of magnitude cited by Feijóo; the note does not detail which items it includes.

CEOE El absentismo laboral crecerá un 10% en 2025 El presidente de CEOE, la presidenta de CEPYME y el presidente de ATA participaron en la inauguración de la Asamblea General de AMAT, coincidiendo con el 125 aniversario de las Mutuas Empresas, autónomos y Mutuas establecieron como objetivo prioritario la reducción del absentismo laboral derivado de
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Social Security spending on temporary disability benefits was 18,413 million in 2025

According to the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, temporary disability benefits cost 18,413 million euros in 2025, 11.8% more than in 2024. The figure of more than 30,000 million is reached only by adding other costs, such as those borne by companies, which are not public spending and could not be allocated to pensions.

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elDiario.es: the 2000–2025 comparison does not adjust for wages, employment or ageing

elDiario.es notes that Feijóo's calculation does not account for rising wages (which increase benefits), the growth in the employed population, the ageing of the workforce, or the strain on public healthcare, which lengthens recovery times. It also calculates that the cut of 10,000–12,000 million would amount to "around 40% of current spending on temporary disability" and points out that every sick leave is authorised by a doctor.

elDiario.es Feijóo apunta a un recorte de más de 10.000 millones en las bajas laborales por el “absentismo” El presidente del PP y candidato a la presidencia del Gobierno, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha asegurado que España podría disponer de entre 10.000 y 12.000 millones de euros para destinarlos al sistema de pensiones si se consigue reducir el absentismo laboral, al considerar que parte de las bajas que se
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