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Absence calculator
What do absence and staff turnover cost your organisation each year? Enter four figures and get an instant estimate, plus what a small reduction would save. All assumptions are shown with their source, and you can adjust them yourself.
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Cost of absence
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Cost of turnover
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Use the slider to see what a reduction of 0 to 30% would mean. This is an example calculation, not an expected result.
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Indicative, no guarantee. The result is a simplified estimate based on your input and the assumptions alongside. It isn’t a quote or a promise of results. The actual costs and effects depend on your sector, your cao (collective labour agreement), your absence insurance (verzuimverzekering) and your own approach.
How we calculate
- Absence = employees × annual salary × (1 + employer costs) × absence rate × pay continued during illness.
- Turnover = employees × turnover × annual salary × replacement costs.
- Example = the chosen percentage of both amounts.
We deliberately calculate conservatively. For absence, we only count the pay that continues. Replacement, overtime by colleagues, support from the occupational health service (arbodienst), reintegration and lost production aren’t included. So the real costs are usually higher.
Sources
- CBS, Ziekteverzuim in eerste kwartaal hoger dan gemiddeld in afgelopen 30 jaar (4 June 2026): absence in 2025 averaged 5.4%, measured as working days lost to illness per 1,000 working days.
- Burgerlijk Wetboek (Dutch Civil Code), article 7:629: during illness, at least 70% of pay continues for 104 weeks, and at least the minimum wage in the first 52 weeks.
- CBS, Lonen en loonkosten, CBS-uitkomsten over loonkosten (2021): labour costs per hour worked were 27% higher than gross pay per hour worked (2019).
- H. Boushey & S.J. Glynn, Center for American Progress, There Are Significant Business Costs to Replacing Employees (2012): median replacement cost 21% of annual salary (30 case studies, United States).
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