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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