… As for why teachers are calling in sick, the report identified a number of internal and external factors, including, but not limited to, socio-economic factors, workplace culture and employee experience, insufficient disability and WSIB resources and “absenteeism acceptance,” defined as a teacher’s “tendency to accept absenteeism, recognizing an effective response to absenteeism without attempting to change it.”
The report noted that there are higher rates of educator absenteeism in areas of the city with higher populations of low-income families, racialized students and students with special education needs.
