The figures have been released by the Chief Minister’s department in response to JEP questions under the States anti-secrecy code, and show that a third of States employees take no sick days at all.
And the department has revealed that public sector workers take an average of 8.9 days off per year – slightly fewer than the UK public sector average of 9.1 days, or the comparable figure from the Isle of Man.
The figures show that Transport department take the most sick days of any States department with an average of 11.97 days per year, while Housing staff take the fewest with an average of just 4.60 days.
