Sickness absence
Managing sickness absence is a key issue for employers. Employee absence is a significant cost to the majority of businesses in the UK.
In addition to the direct costs of employee absence (paying sick pay and paying someone else to perform the absent employee’s work), high levels of absence can demotivate those employees who have to take on the absent employee’s work, cause all-round disruption to productivity and adversely affect an employer’s continuity of service to its clients.
Two-thirds miss out on ‘life-saving’ asthma attack follow-up care
Almost two-thirds of people who have had emergency treatment for an asthma attack were not not given a follow-up appointment...
Back and neck pain causes a third to take a sick day
A third (33%) of employees have taken at least one day off work due to back or neck pain in...
How Lloyds Banking Group is tackling poor mental health
On Time to Talk Day (February 7), which encourages everybody to have a conversation about mental health, Jen Tippin and...
Top 10 HR questions January 2019: Holiday pay, overtime and tax on exit payments
How should employers deal with overtime when calculating holiday pay? Does it make a difference if the overtime is voluntary,...
Staff take 53% more sick days in January
Workers take 53% more sick days in January than any other month of the year, analysis has shown.
According to...
Which HR metrics will matter in 2019?
With data and analytics still at the top of the HR agenda for 2019, which are the key metrics HR...
Most staff comfortable discussing health concerns at work
Employees are becoming more open to talking about their health at work, research has suggested, with three-quarters of staff happy...
Bupa sees rise in employees being offered flu jabs
Healthcare provider Bupa has seen the number of staff being offered flu jabs by their employer this year surpass the...
One in four have multiple health conditions
A quarter of people in England live with two or more mental or physical health conditions, the charity The Health...
Top 10 HR questions October 2018: annual leave and sickness absence
How should employers deal with annual leave entitlement for employees on long-term sick leave? This issue is dealt with in...
Flexible sick pay could help reduce financial worries
Flexible sick pay, part-time sick leave and phased returns to work should be considered for employees who take absence for...
Working days lost to stress increase by nearly a quarter
The number of working days lost to stress rose by almost a quarter last year, suggesting that employers need to...
MPs promote benefit of group income protection in improving wellbeing
MPs have highlighted the role that financial support schemes, such as group income protection (GIP), can play in alleviating stress...
Mental health presenteeism on the rise
People are more likely to turn up to work despite a mental health problem according to an annual survey of...
NHS England extends mental health support for doctors
A new mental health support scheme for all NHS doctors in England has been launched to help those in the...
