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.
Special paid leave for Covid-19 sickness and self-isolation introduced for NHS staff during the pandemic will be withdrawn in England...
XpertHR's most frequent HR questions in June 2022 involved dealing with ex-employees, bank holidays and unauthorised absence.
The sickness absence rate climbed to 3.1% in 2021 – equivalent to 7.3 days per employee.
With the Platinum Jubilee long weekend, last month's most-asked questions include queries about bank holidays, annual leave, sickness, and more...
Organisations should be given access to free or low cost Covid-19 tests to help staff stay safe, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.
EasyJet and British Airways have been forced to cancel flights due to staff shortages, just as passenger numbers rise for the school holidays.
A Jewish employee who lost his law firm job for failing to attend work during a religious holiday has won...
Millions of workers have been told to stay at home amid predictions that the UK will be hit by the worst storm in decades today.
7 February is National Sickie Day – “under the weather” Monday if you will.
Several employers including Ikea and Wessex Water have cut sick pay for unvaccinated employees who are told to self-isolate after...
Hospital worker whose absence was treated as unauthorised while he awaited his wife's test result has suceeded in part of his tribunal claim.
Public services including healthcare, transport and education are coming under strain amid crippling Covid-19 absence rates.
Health leaders have indicated...
Questions on employees’ Covid vaccination status, self-isolation and testing continued to be popular during December.
Employers were also asking various...
Businesses should expect staff shortages because of a surge Omicron cases, ministers have been told.
According to cabinet sources, prime...
Royal Mail is experiencing staff absence rates around twice pre-pandemic levels, with many employees off because of stress or Covid-19,...
