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.
Top 10 HR questions December 2019: Sickness absence and unused annual leave
How much control can employers have over the timing of employees’ annual leave?
Employers with holiday years that run from...
Employees’ money worries ‘costing employers billions’
Financial worries are costing employers billions every year in absenteeism, lost productivity and turnover costs – but organisations are doing...
Two-fifths of workers would fake a sick day
Two in five adults would fake a ‘sickie’ if they wanted a day off work, according to a Com Res...
Sickness absence increases to 4.4 days per worker
Employees lost an average of 4.4 working days in 2018 because of sickness or injury, according to the latest official...
Met PC defies bosses to appear on Big Brother
A Metropolitan police constable is appearing on the Nigerian version of the reality television show Big Brother, despite her manager...
Government plans to widen statutory sick pay and improve workplace health
Plans to offer a sick pay rebate for organisations that effectively help staff get back to work have been revealed...
Webinar: Managing sickness absence during pregnancy
Employers need to take particular care when managing sickness absence during pregnancy as the legal framework protecting pregnant employees is...
Top 10 HR questions February 2019: Redundancy, FTCs and maternity leave
When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...
Back and neck pain causes a third to take a sick day
A third (33%) of employees have taken at least one day off work due to back or neck pain in...
Employers urged to sign charter on domestic violence
Employers are being encouraged to take a more supportive role on domestic violence.
The GMB union is asking employers to...
How digital trends are changing the role of HR (webinar)
ON DEMAND | Not a day goes by without a news story highlighting the impact of digital technology on people’s jobs, but how...
Sickness absence dropped to record low in 2017
The average number of sick days taken fell to an all-time low last year, as the CIPD warns “unhealthy” working...
Aldi and Lidl employees “coming home” if England make the final
Budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl are hoping they haven’t scored an own goal by allowing employees to leave early this...
Employees taking less time off sick, yet costing employers more
Employees took less time off sick last year, yet the bill faced by employers for this absence still went up,...
How to kick off the World Cup without an own goal
With four weeks of World Cup football matches about to kick off, what do employers need to be wary of,...
