Absences caused by sick leave or temporary incapacity (TI) also increased. In Aragon, they accounted for 5.9% of agreed working hours, half a percentage point more than in the second quarter of 2025. The figure also exceeds the average for Spain as a whole, which stood at 5.6%. The data come from the Absenteeism Report prepared by Randstad Research based on the INE's Quarterly Labor Costs Survey.
INDUSTRY RECORDS THE HIGHEST ABSENTEEISM IN ARAGON
By sector, Industry recorded the highest rate, with absenteeism at 8%, although the figure fell by three-tenths compared with the previous year. It was followed by the Services sector, at 7.8%, after rising by eight-tenths in one year. Construction stood at 6.5%, but was the sector with the sharpest increase, up 1.4 percentage points year on year.
Across Spain, absenteeism led to the loss of 7.2% of agreed working hours during the second quarter of 2026, two-tenths more than a year earlier. According to the report, an average of 1,637,174 people a day failed to attend work, nearly 1.27 million of them due to temporary incapacity.
With a rate of 7.8%, Aragon ranks in the upper-middle range among Spain's autonomous communities. Asturias and the Canary Islands recorded the highest levels, at 9%, followed by the Basque Country, at 8.7%. At the other end of the scale were the Balearic Islands, at 5.5%, and Madrid and La Rioja, both at 6.3%.
