According to Dailymail, after the EURO 2024 final, England witnessed 2 million people taking sick leave. Not only that, there are millions of tired fans asking to work at home, many schools allow students to come late.
Famous supermarket chain lidl decided to let 30,000 employees quit and reopen the following day after an hour. In addition, many other companies will also allow employees to work at home after the EURO 2024 finals.
Meanwhile, others require staff to start work at 11am.
According to calculations by Claims.co.uk, an average of 425,000 British people call to report illness every day. But after major events such as Christmas holidays, bank holidays, football tournaments, etc., the situation has skyrocketed many times.
Compared to normal days, the number of people reporting illness after the EURO 2024 final increased 5 times, causing a loss to the economy of up to 1.9 billion pounds.
Following more than 50,000 companies in the UK, the number of employees using day off today increased by 126% compared to normal. Data from Bright HR shows that compared to the EURO 2020 final between England and Italy 3 years ago, the rate of absentees at work has increased to 232%.
Bright HR CEO Alan Price said: Enterprises across the UK should prepare for a weak Monday after the historic EURO final.
We expect the incidence of illness to increase to a record high. Whether England wins or loses, there will be many people quitting their jobs, arriving late and having lower productivity.
Research from insurance company Vitality shows that in 2023, sick leave will cause economic losses of up to 138 billion pounds, an average of 380 million pounds/day.
