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In this episode of SafetyTalk by Prebes, the absenteeism gap takes center stage. Filip De Groeve discusses long-term absenteeism among women, taboos surrounding menopause, endometriosis, and women’s health, and what prevention advisors, HR, and managers can do to strengthen knowledge and dialogue in the workplace.<\/p>\n

This podcast complements the keynote “taBOOH in the workplace”<\/a> in which Filip illustrates the impact of taboos and explains how we can become taboo fighters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filip De Groeve explains what the absenteeism gap is and why taboos around women’s health affect prevention and policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4325,"template":"","tabooh_podcast_thema":[159,160,144,145],"class_list":["post-4324","tabooh_podcast","type-tabooh_podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tabooh_podcast_thema-absenteeism-gap","tabooh_podcast_thema-prevention","tabooh_podcast_thema-silent-absenteeism","tabooh_podcast_thema-womens-health"],"yoast_head":"\nFilip De Groeve on the absenteeism gap in SafetyTalk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Listen to Filip De Groeve in SafetyTalk by Prebes discussing the absenteeism gap, women's health, prevention, and silent absenteeism.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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