The high absenteeism rate of 6 to 7 percent in the sector will remain a problem after Covid, says Jellesma. “And there is also a lot of aging,” he says. Together with the tight labor market, this creates a gloomy mood. “I have experienced shortages in the past, but then it was specifically about shortages in childcare,” says Jellesma. “But now related sectors have at least as big shortages: health care, education, welfare.”
‘Unorthodox measures needed to combat huge staff shortage in childcare’
