How happy are employers with employees who exercise?
Absenteeism due to sports injuries is of course not what you want as an employer. An employee can simply report sick, his report must be treated as a normal sick report with all the rights and obligations that come with it, including continued payment of wages. Even if it happens due to ‘deliberate risky behavior’, such as skydiving. An employer may ask about hobbies during the application in order to be able to make an assessment. In the case of frequent injuries, an employer may ask to stop that sport, dismissal is not allowed. On the other hand, there are also advantages to employees who participate in sports: research shows that they are more productive and fall ill less often.