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.
A group of campaigners has written to the government urging ministers to increase the rate of statutory sick pay.
Acas has urged employers to be flexible when allowing staff time off to watch the Olympic Games.
Businesses are looking to give workers time off on Monday, in the aftermath of the England v Spain Euros final....
The Euros, sunshine and World Productivity Day have all come together. How will HR cope?
A teacher who lost his job after falling asleep in class was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal finds.
How should employers support an employee returning to work following or during cancer treatment?
Rishi Sunak is set to announce plans to move responsibility for issuing fite notesfrom GPs to “specialist work and health professionals” in England.
MPs have recommended several statutory sick pay reforms, including increasing the rate and making it available to all employees.
Nearly one in five employers see their disciplinary processes dragging on for longer than three months, a survey finds.
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 …
Matt Hancock: ‘Having higher sick pay… would encourage employers to do more to look after the health of their employees.’
Parent and Professional was crowned Small HR Consultancy of the Year at the 2023 Personnel Today Awards.
An employment tribunal finds that the dismissal of an employee for absence following an allergic reaction was discriminatory.
Organisations of all types are looking at ways in which AI can be used within their work. And if they're not, they may find they soon get left behind.
How should HR handle absence from work because of flight disruption following bank holiday air traffic control issues?
