<br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>Moving a company forward in Spain is not just a question of numbers.</strong> 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 <strong>the fiscal pressure to which self-employed workers in our country are exposed as soon as they start</strong>which makes you think twice before launching a project.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span> <figure class="composite-image image-container " data-gtm-element-container="button-gallery"> <div class="picture-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 638px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_desktop_filter/uploads/2025/09/30/68dbe94987fcf.jpeg" width="544" height="363"> <source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_intermediate_filter/uploads/2025/09/30/68dbe94987fcf.jpeg" width="607" height="405"> </source></source></picture><span class="visible-md inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span><span class="visible-xs inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span> </div> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <p class="caption-title ">A file image of a worker on sick leave due to physical pain</p> <span class="caption-author ">Pexels</span> </figcaption> </figure> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">And to all this is added another problem that more and more businesspeople are talking about:<strong> absenteeism at work.</strong> A recent AIReF report indicates that <strong>Leaves due to temporary disability grew by around 60% from 2017 to 2024</strong>with an average duration that also increased during this period, <strong>which triggered spending in companies.</strong> 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. </p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Precisely about this situation, he spoke <strong>David Canales</strong>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@david_canales_cerda/video/7605327754430516502" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="david canales tiktok">entrepreneur and content creator on TikTok</a>who did not hesitate to point out <strong>absenteeism at work </strong>as one of the biggest current problems facing small businesses. In his statements he talks about <strong>"seal"</strong> <strong>and demands urgent measures</strong> to stop a situation that, in his opinion, could end up suffocating SMEs and self-employed workers.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><span class="content-related content-border related-double " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="related-double-module-container "> </span><span class="related-double-module-container "> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>“Labour fraud by workers to avoid going to work is the biggest scourge in the business sector in recent years.</strong> 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, <strong>withdraw or add salary supplements to try to put an end to this madness of absenteeism from work".</strong></p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span> <figure class="composite-image image-container " data-gtm-element-container="button-gallery"> <div class="picture-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 638px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_desktop_filter/uploads/2026/02/11/698d074808b5a.jpeg" width="544" height="900"> <source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_intermediate_filter/uploads/2026/02/11/698d074808b5a.jpeg" width="607" height="1005"> <img data-full-src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/uploads/2026/02/11/698d074808b5a.jpeg" alt="David Canales, businessman" width="449" height="743" src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_mobile_filter/uploads/2026/02/11/698d074808b5a.jpeg" class="lazy"/> </source></source></picture><span class="visible-md inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span><span class="visible-xs inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span> </div> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <p class="caption-title ">David Canales, businessman, during his TikTok video</p> <span class="caption-author ">@david_canales_cerda (TikTok)</span> </figcaption> </figure> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>“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.</strong>. 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. <strong>We have to take action now to stop the cold</strong>and whatever it is, absenteeism from work, which will kill, above all, small SMEs and self-employed workers", the businessman bluntly concludes.</p> </div><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script><script async src="//www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
