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.
Employers don't just have a right to know what is causing an employee's long-term or recurrent illness i- they have a responsibility to find out. Melissa Paz explains
The key to avoiding unnecessary absenteeism is a well-designed reward package and management programme, according to consultancy Watson Wyatt.
The Prison Service should consider stopping sick pay for its staff in a bid to improve "unacceptable" levels of absenteeism
A TUC report describes claims that UK workers take time off when they are not ill as an urban myth
Walk-in centres at seven key commuter stations in London, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle will enable commuters to see a doctor on the way to or from work
More than two-thirds of UK workers lie to their employers about days off, late arrivals, and what they do in their spare time
Informing and consulting employees is the top live issue for 2005.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has missed its sickness absence targets for this year and will probably miss...
There are huge differences in the amount of sick pay employees receive across the 25 European Union countries, according to...
Emma Burrows, head of employment at Trowers & Hamlins law firm, explains why employers who suspect staff of deliberate absenteeism should not be afraid to challenge sicknotes given by doctors
Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel is overhauling its return-to-work interviews from the start of 2005 in a bid to reduce absenteeism
Financial restraints hinder nurses' chances; Six-point strategy to beating absenteeism
Group income protection is promoted as a way to manage long-term absence strategy and support disabled employees returning to work. But what role is there for OH professionals alongside such a benefit? Paul Avis finds out
For decades, UK firms have employed reservists and their enhanced skills, but rarely have the potential repercussions been so great
Sweden is not in as good shape as its clean and shiny image might suggest. DeeDee Doke finds out what employers and the government are doing to cut the high cost of staff on sick leave
