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Sick leave before and after a work-place targeted terror attack.

Marianne Bang Hansen¹, Mona Berthelsen², Alexander Nissen²

¹Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Nydalen, Post Box 181, 0409, Oslo, Norway. marianne.hansen@nkvts.no.

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Workplace terrorist attacks can cause a temporary rise in employee sick leave, particularly for those directly exposed. This increase in sick leave typically returns to baseline levels within 1-3 years.

Keywords:

Disaster exposure Mental health Sickness absence Work place terror

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Occupational Health
Psychotraumatology
Public Health

Background:

Workplace violence, including terrorist attacks, can have significant psychological and physiological impacts on employees.
Understanding the effects of such events on employee well-being and work absence is crucial for organizational resilience.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify sick leave rates and diagnoses before and after a workplace terrorist attack.
To compare sick leave patterns across different employee subgroups based on gender and trauma exposure.

Main Methods:

Retrieved sick leave and diagnosis data for ministerial employees from Norwegian Social Insurance Administration Registries.
Analyzed data covering a 3-year period before and 3-year period after the 2011 Oslo bombing.

Main Results:

Sick leave was initially higher in women than men.
Directly exposed employees experienced increased sick leave post-attack, stabilizing within 3 years.
No significant sick leave increase was observed in indirectly exposed employees.
A trend towards psychological diagnoses was noted among directly exposed women.

Conclusions:

A transient increase in sick leave is a potential consequence of workplace terrorist attacks for directly exposed employees.
The observed increase in sick leave was modest and lasted for 1-3 years.
Findings highlight the need for targeted support for employees following traumatic workplace events.