A councillor calls illness rate shocking, but an official says it may reflect local health issues.
Staff at a local authority with the highest sickness absence record in Wales have been urged not to "beat themselves up" about it.
Even when removing absences due to Covid-19, the figures rose from 9.98 to 14.2, above the council's target of 10 days per full-time member of staff.Ms Prosser said: "When we compare with the all-Wales data, which is yet to be formally published, Blaenau Gwent continues to be the highest in terms of sickness within our workforce.
However another councillor, George Humphreys, pointed to the potential long-term effects of Covid-19,He told staff: "Even though it doesn't look good on our council, don't beat yourselves up too much, unfortunately Covid hit us very hard."
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