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.
We round up five significant employment case law decisions that have already been made in 2015, and look at five...
Almost half of employers believe the Department of Health’s flagship fit note scheme is not helping employees return to work....
If an employee will not consent to a medical examination, or to the disclosure of a medical report, what can...
The Government’s Fit for Work service, which is being rolled out in 2015, is meant to cut sickness absence costs...
With the ability to manage and interpret data becoming increasingly vital for HR professionals, new analysis from XpertHR Benchmarking reveals the five most valuable...
January is a peak time for couples to separate or divorce, but few employers have sufficient measures in place to...
An experienced OH adviser answers readers’ questions on supporting someone with alcohol dependency and managing a return to work after...
Employers’ efforts to reduce absence are paying off, according to ongoing research by XpertHR. Successive XpertHR surveys on absence rates show a gradual decline in the number of days taken as sick leave by employees. In 2007, the median was 7.4 a year per employee but latest figures record a drop to 5.2 in 2013 ...
One-third of British workers admits to having “pulled a sickie”, according to research by professional services firm PwC.
The cost...
The 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil on 12 June, with 63 matches being played before the competition’s final...
Managers need a strategy to deal with staff absent through ill health. Jenny Mason reports.
When poor health is the...
Defining presenteeism is just the first problem in analysing its effects on workers. Dr Nerys Williams considers various opinions and...
Early physiotherapy treatment for musculoskeletal injuries has cut absence rates at Arla Foods. Mark Fletcher reports.Medical evidence shows that early...
Sometimes an employee – or prospective employee – simply does not turn up for work or cannot be contacted. Natalie...
An employee’s absence from work due to illness or injury is usually not their fault. However, there can be situations where...
