Male workers | Female workers | Total | |
Employment | |||
Full time | 902000 | 559000 | 1461000 |
Part time | 109000 | 460000 | 569000 |
Estimated number of smokers | |||
Full time | 299464 | 202358 | 501882 |
Part time | 36188 | 166520 | 202708 |
Smoking employees | 2949263-150 | 2520153-150 | 5470413-150 |
Excess sickness absence per annum (hours) | 2123468 | 1814507 | 3937975 |
Wage per hour (including NICs) | £11.22 | £9.05 | |
Cost of absenteeism | £23825313 | £16426735 | £40252048 |
↵3-150 Part time workers included as working 15.2 hours per week time worker.16
Source: Labour Market Trends, August 1999.
NICs, National Insurance contributions.