MSK Absence - Calculate Your Payroll Cost

Estimated Cost Impact

Annual cost of MSK conditions: $0

Potential Payroll Savings: $0

Further direct and indirect costs

• The cost of presenteeism is nearly 4 times more than absenteeism.
• Further Indirect Costs: Replacement and back-filling, administrative and coordination, reduced quality and customer service impacts.
• Productivity Losses and costs through early exit from the workforce, presenteeism, and absenteeism.
• Physical injuries were estimated to reduce productivity by 6 per cent - likely to be underestimated due to the underreporting.
• ROI for physical activity in the workplace.
• Around 7.3 million (29%) people in Australia were estimated to be living with chronic musculoskeletal conditions.