Sick leave rose 17.8% in July from the same period last year, but fell 19.7% from June to 261,576, according to monthly Social Security statistics.
The figure thus indicates a reduction of 64,264 beneficiaries compared to the previous month (-19.7%) and an increase of 39,554 beneficiaries (+17.8%) compared to the same month of 2021, indicates the summary prepared by the Strategy Plan and Planning (GEP) of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security.
Benefits include sickness benefit, occupational sickness benefit, tuberculosis benefit, temporary sickness benefit, sick leave, and coronavirus prophylactic (self) isolation benefit.
Considering only sick pay, the data shows that This benefit was processed for 145,179 people, an increase of 3.1% compared to Junebut a drop of 11.6% compared to the same month of 2021.
The sickness subsidy was granted to 60,322 men (41.6% of the total) and 84,857 women (58.4% of the total), the latter being higher in all age groups considered by the GEP.
The age group of 50 to 59 years is the most represented in the total of beneficiaries of the sickness benefit, with 29.4% of the total, followed by the group of 40 to 49 years (25.4%).
The Social Security data also show that the number of old-age pensions processed in July, within the scope of the different Social Security systems, was 2,069,773, a reduction of 187 pensions processed compared to June and an increase of 11,164 compared to the same month of 2021.
By sex, women accounted for 52.9% of the total old-age pensions and 47.1% of men.
In July, the number of survivors’ pensions stood at 736,270, 607 pensions more than in June and 8,485 pensions more than in the same month, with the majority of survivors’ pensions in the hands of women, with 81.2% of the total.
The number of disability pensions from the different social security systems continues to decline, reaching 173,770 in July, of which 52.1% are attributed to men.
Source: Observadora
