Zarplata.ru poll: 48 percent of Russians are afraid to take sick leave for fear of losing income they are afraid to apply for sick leave even during the coronavirus pandemic due to fear of losing income. This is reported by TASS with reference to the study of the service “Zarplata.ru”.
“Among other reasons why they do not get sick leave, 18 percent indicated that they are worried about problems with the management, another eight percent are afraid of losing their job,” the materials say.
Ten percent of respondents are among the reasons for not wanting to get sick leave called the queues at the clinic and the fear of catching an infection, seven percent believe that there is no need for a certificate of incapacity for work when working remotely, and seven percent also said that they do not have sick leave payments.
The study showed that women during the pandemic took sick leave more often than men, 65 percent, 52 percent of Russians worked at home even when they were sick, 40 percent of Russians did the same. 76 percent), workers in the education sector, auto business, less often – employed in catering companies. In 20 percent of the cases, the respondents answered that the management does not control their health, 36 percent said that their firms pay attention only to obvious signs, such as fever, runny nose, cough.
20 percent of Russians believe that employers began to monitor the health of employees during the pandemic. About nine percent noted that colleagues themselves ask a sick employee to stay at home until they recovered completely.
Earlier it became known that the coronavirus pandemic hit Russian exporters harder than companies operating in the domestic market. The main victims were named by the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Development of the Russian School of Economics (CEFIR NES).