IZZ, PGGM and FWG launch approach to substantially reduce absenteeism and turnover in care and welfare

With this, they aim to reduce absenteeism and unwanted turnover of care and welfare workers by a quarter by 2027. A total of 18 care and welfare organisations from various branches, within three regions, will tackle their absenteeism and unwanted turnover with the prevention plan.

Collection of unique data
With the 'Prevention plan for employees in care and welfare' approach, employers in care and welfare know what really plays and works with their employees. And how they can continue to do their work with pleasure and pride. It gives them the necessary insights and the most appropriate tools to do so. By combining unique data, successful practical examples, existing initiatives and the results of interviews with professionals in care and welfare. From the organisation and the entire care chain. So that together they can act accordingly. This creates a mutual grip, reduces absenteeism and undesired turnover and keeps good care available and affordable.

Regional start
In the regions North Netherlands, Limburg and most of North Holland, 18 organisations in care and welfare will start working with the prevention plan to retain their professionals and reduce their absenteeism and unwanted turnover. The organisations, including KwadrantGroep and Cosis, were selected on the advice of RegioPlus. The insights they gain will be shared both in the region and within the sector. So that other care and welfare organisations and the entire care chain can also reduce absenteeism and turnover, retain professionals and thus contribute to a healthy sector.

Milestone
Roland Kip, general director at IZZ: 'To provide good and personal care and support with enough people in the future, we need to organise care differently together. This is only possible if employees in care and welfare enjoy their work. It is a milestone that several relevant organisations are now joining forces and data to really work together on a healthy care and welfare sector.'

Edwin Velzel, CEO of PGGM: 'PGGM has its roots in the care and welfare sector and immerses itself in the needs of employers and employees in this sector. We do this first of all through the task of providing good pensions, but we interpret our responsibility more broadly: we use our knowledge, networks and advisory strength to secure the future of the sector. In doing so, we focus, among other things, on helping to reduce absenteeism and, together with FWG and IZZ, we make a case for this prevention plan. Hopefully this will contribute to more job satisfaction for employees in care and welfare, so that absenteeism falls, they reach their retirement healthy and can enjoy it.'

Astrid Westerbeek, director-director of FWG: 'A lot is already known from research about reasons for staff leaving and dropping out in care and welfare. We will add useful insights via combined data analysis and qualitative research. In this way, we are working together on 'new knobs to turn'. From FWG, we bring in expertise from job research, trend research and our knowledge about the future of work'.