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• Sickness absence: get familiar with the new fit note

  Whether you are an employer, employee or doctor, now is a good time to get familiar with the layout of the new fit note, which replaces the traditional sick note from 6 April 2010. A new entry on the statement of fitness for work [subscription required... Posted Mar 18 2010, 09:19 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, sickness, absence management, absence, fit notes, sick note

• Video: sickness absence and annual leave

  There's a new outlook video first published today on the main XpertHR site , where Jo Stubbs and I discuss recent developments in the law on statutory minimum annual leave and sickness absence. Here it is. You can see all previous videos in the outlook... Posted Mar 12 2010, 09:21 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, absence, annual leave, Pereda, Stringer

• Fit-note guidance for employers published

  The Department for Work and Pensions has published guidance to help employers use the new fit note and get staff back to work following periods of ill-health. The employers' guidance (PDF, on the DWP website) is intended to help employers understand... Posted Feb 19 2010, 12:46 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: hr policy and strategy, absence management, absence, employers, GPs, fit note, guidance, DWP

• Guidance on work-related stress

  Employers, particularly those that have had to make redundancies as a result of the recession, need to be aware of the signs of work-related stress in their staff. Redundancy survivors may have to work longer hours to cover the work previously carried... Posted Feb 08 2010, 10:53 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: stress, health and safety, absence

• Government launches final version of 'fit note'

  The government chose late on a Friday afternoon when I suspect many of you will have already left work for the weekend to publish its response to its consultation on the replacement for the GP sick note , usually referred to as the 'fit note'... Posted Jan 29 2010, 05:26 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: absence management, absence, occupational health, sickness absence, GPs, fit note, sick note

• Employee engagement saves lives in the NHS

  I once spent eight days as a patient in an NHS hospital. When the consultant in charge of the ward eventually came round to see me with his entourage I tried to join in the conversation. There was an awkward silence and then he turned back to his clipboard... Posted Jan 21 2010, 02:56 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: hr policy and strategy, absence management, nhs, absence, occupational health, employee engagement, HR, Boorman review, NHS Plus

• The view from XpertHR Towers...

  Strictly speaking this is 14 floors above the XpertHR editorial offices. The picture shows south west London still in the grip of snow and with the threat of more to come as the weather continues to cause high levels of employee absence. Read More... Posted Jan 08 2010, 01:01 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: xperthr, information sources, absence, weather, snow

• Addressing the problem of stress

  More than 13 million working days a year are lost due to stress, according to the BBC . Employers who continue to ignore work-related stress do so at their peril, as the link between absence and stress has yet again been confirmed by the National Institute... Posted Nov 06 2009, 08:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, stress, absence management, absence

• Swine flu: Next wave could be about to hit UK workplaces

  The number of new cases of swine flu in the UK almost doubled (external website) over week 42 of 2009 (12 to 18 October 2009), according to latest official data from the Department of Health. The number of new cases rose by 96% from 27,000 in week 41... Posted Oct 26 2009, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: absence management, absence, contingency planning, swine flu, h1n1

• Pre-Budget Report 2009 must include clampdown on public sector pay and absences, says CBI

  The Government must take drastic action on public sector pay and absence rates in 2010 and beyond in order to tackle the current budget deficit, according to the CBI's recommendations for the Pre-Budget Report 2009 (external website). Read More..... Posted Oct 21 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, pay awards, cbi, absence, pre-budget report, pay freeze

• Absence tools: we need your help

  IRS is currently investigating the use and application of absence records, triggers and targets and would very much appreciate your help. In exchange for completing our confidential survey (here) you will receive: A complimentary copy of our report on... Posted Sep 25 2009, 09:23 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: absence management, absence, survey

• Don't be complacent on workplace swine flu risks, CIPD warns

  UK employers must prepare now for the workplace impact of a "widely predicted second and more serious wave of swine flu", which is expected to hit the UK over the coming weeks and result in a significant rise in absence levels, according to... Posted Sep 04 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: hr policy and strategy, absence management, absence, contingency planning, swine flu, h1n1

• The 2009 recession is driving down absence rates

  Rising concerns over job security in the face of the recession have made UK workers think twice about taking time off sick, resulting in a fall in the sickness absence rate in 2009 (external website) to less than two-thirds of what it was in 2001, according... Posted Sep 02 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: benchmarking, absence management, absence, recession, swine flu

• Employee "attacks" himself to avoid work

  Most employees have days when they don't really feel like going to work. But few people resort to the tactics used by one hotel cleaner. According to the BBC website , Steven Reid dragged a razor down his face and struck his head with a boulder on... Posted Aug 20 2009, 08:29 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: absence management, absence

• Sickness absence in the NHS

  Sickness absence levels in the NHS are one and a half times that of the private sector, with more than 45,000 NHS workers calling in sick every day, according to the Times website . Read More... Posted Aug 19 2009, 02:05 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: sickness, absence management, absence