The term "hours of absence" refers to the number of normal hours of work in which a person was not at their place of work due to illness, accident, maternity leave, military or community service, civil defence, reduction of working hours, labour dispute, personal or family reasons and bad weather. Employee holidays, public holidays and time off work made possible by flexible working schedules are not considered as hours of absence.
Statistical source
Work Volume Statistics (WV):
Hours of absence based on the domestic concept, expressed per job and year, expressed per job and week, in terms of annual volume, or as an absence rate for the given year.
