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Absence

The management of employee absence and the benchmarking of absence rates is a key issue for employers. Employers need to maximise the days that your employees come to work and minimise the number of days that they are absent.

Apart from the potential cost of absence within an organisation, there are also issues around motivation of staff, disruption to the business, an adverse effect on customer service levels, and loss of productivity, profitability and business.


    • Compassionate leave
    • Absence
    • Cancer

    Cancer carers feel pressure to return to work early

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025

    Almost half of cancer carers (48%) say they felt pressure to return to work as soon as possible after taking...

    • Absence
    • National living wage
    • Financial penalties

    Top 10 HR questions April 2025: increases to wages and tribunal awards

    by Brightmine 2 May 2025
    by Brightmine 2 May 2025

    April saw increases in the potential compensation tribunals can award, including guidelines on 'injury to feelings' awards.

    • Fit for Work
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Employers struggling to manage rising levels of sickness absence – poll

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...

    • Absence
    • Infertility
    • Discipline

    Top 10 HR questions March 2025: Carrying over annual leave

    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2025
    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2025

    Employers are asking whether annual leave can be carried over into the next holiday year after the rules changed in 2024.

    • Absence
    • Latest News
    • Sick pay

    Charities urge ministers to increase statutory sick pay

    by Jo Faragher 21 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 21 Oct 2024

    A group of campaigners has written to the government urging ministers to increase the rate of statutory sick pay.

    • Hybrid working
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Acas urges flexibility for employees during Olympics

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024

    Acas has urged employers to be flexible when allowing staff time off to watch the Olympic Games.

    • Absence
    • Bank holidays
    • Latest News

    England v Spain Euros final: employers offer workers time off

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2024

    Businesses are looking to give workers time off on Monday, in the aftermath of the England v Spain Euros final....

    • Absence
    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence

    Euros and sun: beware a ‘whirlwind of HR chaos’

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jun 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jun 2024

    The Euros, sunshine and World Productivity Day have all come together. How will HR cope?

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Absence
    • Disability discrimination

    Teacher who fell asleep in class unfairly dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2024

    A teacher who lost his job after falling asleep in class was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal finds.

    • Absence
    • Cancer
    • Latest News

    How to support a return to work during cancer treatment

    by Barbara Wilson 30 Apr 2024
    by Barbara Wilson 30 Apr 2024

    How should employers support an employee returning to work following or during cancer treatment?

    • Absence
    • Fit for Work
    • Fit notes

    Plans to overhaul fit note system announced

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2024

    Rishi Sunak is set to announce plans to move responsibility for issuing fite notesfrom GPs to “specialist work and health professionals” in England.

    • Absence
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Make statutory sick pay available to all employees, MPs urge

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Mar 2024

    MPs have recommended several statutory sick pay reforms, including increasing the rate and making it available to all employees.

    • Absence
    • Latest News
    • Discipline

    One in five employers facing protracted disciplinary processes

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Jan 2024

    Nearly one in five employers see their disciplinary processes dragging on for longer than three months, a survey finds.

    • Absence
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Latest News

    Would you let AI choose your Christmas gifts?

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Dec 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Dec 2023

    Gifts, sick days and gossip are very much part of the festive season, Personnel Today has found, and various companies have been contacting us with their seasonal insights …

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
    • Self-isolation

    Covid inquiry: Matt Hancock ‘would have doubled sick pay’

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Dec 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Dec 2023

    Matt Hancock: ‘Having higher sick pay… would encourage employers to do more to look after the health of their employees.’

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