Absence of healthcare personnel decreases for fifth consecutive quarter
For the fifth consecutive quarter, absenteeism among employees in the healthcare sector has decreased.
Health and welfare
PFZW and PGGM believe it is important that employees continue to enjoy working in the sector, remain vital and enjoy their retirement in good health. Thereby, preventing incapacity for work has a direct relationship with pension affordability.
Blogs and press releases
Fewer absenteeism healthcare workers by 2023, decline levelling off
Over the past year, absenteeism among healthcare staff has fallen every quarter compared to a year earlier. However, this decline is narrowing. The absenteeism rate among healthcare staff over 2023 comes to 7.75.
IZZ, PGGM and FWG launch approach to substantially reduce absenteeism and turnover in care and welfare
Stichting IZZ, Coöperatie PGGM and Stichting FWG are launching the VWS-subsidised data-driven approach 'Prevention plan for employees in care and welfare'.
Solutions to healthcare challenges
We cannot solve the challenges in the sector, but we do have the knowledge, data, experience and capital from our core pension product to develop solutions that demonstrably make an impact on labour market issues. To contribute to a vital society in which care and welfare workers can live, work and enjoy their retirement in good health, PGGM, together with PFZW, is focusing on the following three mutually reinforcing and mutually influencing ambitions:
- Vital participants: together with PFZW, we contribute to increasing the vitality of participants so that they are resilient, have a (career) perspective at their disposal and can retire vital and healthy financially, mentally and physically.
- Vital employer: together with PFZW, we contribute to increasing the vitality of employers. As organisations, vital employers are financially healthy, attractive to employees and have vital employees. Together with social partners, PGGM and PFZW want to contribute to increasing the vitality of employers.
- Vital sector: together with PFZW, we contribute to a vital sector that provides affordable, available and accessible care and welfare. PGGM and PFZW also want to participate in the shift from care to welfare.
PGGM&CO
PGGM&CO ensures a bond with PGGM N.V. and among members, for example by setting up online communities on subjects relevant to members. Together with partners, PGGM&CO also develops additional products and services for its members under the theme Vitaal met Pensioen.
Vernet
Vernet is a subsidiary of PGGM and market leader in collecting and interpreting absenteeism data in the care and welfare sector. These data, combined with data from Pensioenfonds Zorg & Welzijn, are offered to employers in the sector. This gives them insight into the employability of employees, allowing them to optimise their own personnel planning. Vernet's services fit in with the ambition of PGGM and Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn to support employers and employees in the healthcare and welfare sector. In the first place with adequate pension provision, but also by deploying expertise in the field of labour market data.
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Help us help! PGGM and PFZW support hospitals in Ukraine
PGGM and PFZW support Cooperating General Hospitals (SAZ) in their action to provide hospitals in Ukraine with medicines and medical devices. We collect money through the Healthcare4Ukraine foundation, set up especially for this purpose, to make monthly transports possible.
In healthcare, the second disaster is now unfolding
During the week of May 2nd to May 8th, 0% of hospitals were able to provide scheduled care, and more than a third of hospitals could only partially offer planable care.
Three quarters of staff in care and welfare came across aggression and unwanted behaviour
Over the past twelve months, three-quarters of employees in the healthcare and welfare sector have been exposed to aggression or unwanted behavior at least once in their contact with patients or clients. This ranged from verbal or physical aggression to sexual or other forms of harassment or threats.
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Aggression against healthcare workers: they deserve our support
Caring for others, only to be faced with aggression or unwanted behavior. PGGM and PFZW are leveraging their expertise, data, and member organizations to support employees in the healthcare and welfare sector.
Investor statement Covid-19
We are writing you on behalf of a large and diverse group of investors who are shareholders and bondholders in a number of pharmaceutical companies.