“Labor fraud is the biggest scourge of recent years. Almost 90% of SMEs suffer from absenteeism for reasons that, who knows?”

Moving a company forward in Spain is not just a question of numbers. It involves scheduling shifts, serving customers, paying the payroll at the end of the month and paying attention to any unforeseen events that may arise and literally destroy all the planning. That, not to mention the fiscal pressure to which self-employed workers in our country are exposed as soon as they startwhich makes you think twice before launching a project.

And to all this is added another problem that more and more businesspeople are talking about: absenteeism at work. A recent AIReF report indicates that Leaves due to temporary disability grew by around 60% from 2017 to 2024with an average duration that also increased during this period, which triggered spending in companies. And when a small business depends on each worker to carry out day-to-day work, any absence forces them to rearrange shifts, take on more workload or even reject assignments.

Precisely about this situation, he spoke David Canales, entrepreneur and content creator on TikTokwho did not hesitate to point out absenteeism at work as one of the biggest current problems facing small businesses. In his statements he talks about “seal” and demands urgent measures to stop a situation that, in his opinion, could end up suffocating SMEs and self-employed workers.

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“Labour fraud by workers to avoid going to work is the biggest scourge in the business sector in recent years. Almost 90% of SMEs suffer from work absenteeism for reasons that, who knows. It is not normal for companies to have to come together, think and pull ideas and measures out of a hat, such as, for example, withdraw or add salary supplements to try to put an end to this madness of absenteeism from work”.

“It is clear that the measures taken by the public administration, which do not control what they have to control, mean that this work absenteeism does not stop.. Of course, this is not a criticism of doctors, but it is clear that monitoring, and I am referring to exams, is of no use. We have to take action now to stop the coldand whatever it is, absenteeism from work, which will kill, above all, small SMEs and self-employed workers”, the businessman bluntly concludes.