In 2023/24, there were approximately 33.7 million working days lost in Great Britain due to work-related injury or illness, compared with the previous year, which had 37 million working days lost. The amount of working days lost in 2019/20 was the highest in this provided time period, with 2010/11 having the fewest in this time period, at 25,950. In terms of overall sickness absence in the UK labor market, there were approximately 185.6 million working days lost in 2022, compared with 149.8 million in the previous year. Over 2.8 million on long-term sick leave in late 2023 In the fourth quarter of 2023, the number of people economically inactive in the UK due to being on long-term sick leave reached over 2.84 million, declining only slightly to 2.77 million a year later. It is thought that Long COVID is one of the main factors behind this increase, with an estimated 1.8 million people suffering from the condition in April 2022. There has also been a rise in the number of people taking sick leave due to mental health conditions, with approximately 313,000 on long-term sick leave in 2022 due to this reason, and a further 282,000 for depression, bad nerves, or anxiety. Where most workplace injuries happen The water supply and waste management industry had the highest rate of workplace injuries reported in Great Britain in 2023/24 at 804 injuries per 100,000 workers. During the 2022/23 reporting year, the industry with the highest number of fatal accidents in the workplace was construction, which had 51. When adjusted for the size of the workforce, however, construction was second to Agriculture, which had 7.51 fatal accidents per 100,00 workers. Overall, however, the number of people getting injured at work has fallen significantly in recent years. In 2000/01 for example, there were more than a million accidents, with this falling to just 604,000 in 2023/24.

In the first quarter of 2025, approximately 160,000 working days were lost due to industrial action in the United Kingdom. Since 2022, the UK has experienced a wave of industrial disputes, resulting in around 1.64 million working days lost due to labor disputes in the fourth quarter of 2022.

This dataset contains estimates for the number of working days lost due to workplace non-fatal injuries and the rate of working days lost per worker, by industry, in the United Kingdom. The statistics are calculated by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) based on the Labor Force Survey (LFS) data provided by the Office for National Statistics.

In 2023/24, there were approximately **** million working days lost due to workplace injuries in the United Kingdom, compared with **** million in the previous year.

This dataset contains estimates for the number of working days lost due to work-related illness and the rate of working days lost per worker and the rate of working days lost per case of work-related illness, by type of illness, gender and occupation, in the United Kingdom. The statistics are calculated by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) based on the Labor Force Survey (LFS) data provided by the Office for National Statistics.

Annual summary of working days lost by cause of dispute for all industries and services in the UK. Data are from 1999 onwards.

In 2024, 22.2 percent of working days lost due to sickness absence were due to minor illnesses, with a further 17.8 percent being due to musculoskeletal problems. Mental health conditions accounted for 13.7 percent of working absences, while 15.9 percent of days lost were due to other conditions not specified.

The number of work days lost due to labor disputes in Finland fluctuated strongly in the period from 2014 to 2024. In the year 2022, the number peaked at approximately 962,605 lost work days, the number of labor disputes that year stood at 64. In 2024, the corresponding figure was roughly 213,645 work days.

Annual estimates of working days lost, workers involved and stoppages in progress, by industry group, English regions and constituent countries of the UK.

This statistic shows the estimated number of days lost per worker due to work-related illness in Great Britain between 2010/11 and 2018/19. In the period of 2018/19, an average of **** days were lost due to work-related illness, a decrease when compared to the previous year.

United Kingdom Labour Disputes: Working Days Lost data was reported at 9.000 Day th in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.000 Day th for Aug 2018. United Kingdom Labour Disputes: Working Days Lost data is updated monthly, averaging 117.000 Day th from Jan 1931 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 1053 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,716.000 Day th in Sep 1979 and a record low of 1.000 Day th in Dec 2008. United Kingdom Labour Disputes: Working Days Lost data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.G026: Labour Disputes.

This dataset contains estimates for the number of working days lost due to workplace non-fatal injuries and the rate of working days lost per worker, by occupation, in the United Kingdom. The statistics are calculated by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) based on the Labor Force Survey (LFS) data provided by the Office for National Statistics.

This statistic shows the number of working days lost in the health and social care sector due to work-related illness or injury in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016/17 to 2018/19. Overall, in the health and social care sector there are *** million working days lost.

Australia Industrial Disputes: Occurred: Working Days Lost data was reported at 46.600 Day th in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 21.900 Day th for Jun 2024. Australia Industrial Disputes: Occurred: Working Days Lost data is updated quarterly, averaging 66.300 Day th from Mar 1985 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 159 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 669.200 Day th in Dec 1992 and a record low of 1.500 Day th in Jun 2020. Australia Industrial Disputes: Occurred: Working Days Lost data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G123: Industrial Disputes.

UK breakdown of labour disputes covering: number of working days lost and number of stoppages. The statistics relate to both 'strikes' and 'lockouts'.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Industrial Action

Subjects: Employees involved, lost working days, manner of calling out, manner of termination, duration, point of dispute, economic activities (SBI'93). Selections: Periods. Publication frequency: 1 x per year. Reporting period: 1993-2000. This table will not be continued. As of the 1999 reporting year, the data on strikes are published in the new table "Strikes", which has a modified structure and an expansion of the number of variables (see 2).

This report analyses the aggregate number of working days lost each financial year due to industrial action in Australia. This includes disputes involving stoppages of work of 10 working days or more at the establishments where the stoppages occurred, with 10 working days equivalent to the amount of ordinary time worked by 10 people in one day. By this definition, 2,000 workers on strike for 2 hours would be counted as 500 working days lost, assuming they work eight-hour days. The data for this report is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and is measured in thousands of workdays.

In 2042, approximately 148.9 million working hours were lost due to sickness absence in the United Kingdom, compared with 163.8 in the previous year and 185 million hours at the start of the provided time period, in 1995.

The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC).

Data on the average number of working days lost per self-reported work-related injury in Great Britain from 2009/10 to 2019/20 shows that the most recent recorded period saw the highest estimated average with 20 days lost.