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.
Low paid workers will receive £13 per day to self-isolate
Workers on low incomes in parts of England with high rates of Covid-19 will be able to claim £13 per...
‘Be understanding’ of staff self-isolating after trips abroad
Employers should ‘be understanding’ of employees who have been forced to self-isolate following a trip abroad, the government has said,...
CBI demands ‘no surprises’ approach to managing local lockdowns
The CBI has called for greater clarity on how employers should handle local lockdowns, as increasing numbers of areas come...
Domestic abuse review to consider salary advances and unplanned leave
The government is considering how victims of domestic abuse can be better supported by their employers and is looking at...
Presenteeism rife under lockdown, driven by redundancy and workload worries
More than one in three employees (35%) has continued to work while feeling unwell during lockdown, with many feeling that...
Coronavirus: What employers need to know (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | As the true impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic becomes apparent, employers are facing...
Coronavirus: self-isolating staff ‘should get sick pay’ says Hancock
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said people returning to the UK from Italian towns quarantined because of the Covid-19 coronavirus...
Dissatisfaction with work culture leads to millions of sick days
Businesses could make productivity gains by improving culture, flexibility and office cleanliness.
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...
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