In the second half of 2023, 14.3 million sickness certificates arrived at INPS, of which 78.0% from the private sector. Overall, sick days in the third quarter were approximately 21.6 million.
sickness per certificate were 5.2 in both the private and public sectors (compared to 5.4 and 5.5 in the fourth quarter of 2022). On average, the days of sick leave per certificate in 2023 were 4.2, compared to 4.4 in 2022.