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.
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Falling sickness absence rates may seem like good news, but they could mean serious health and wellbeing issues are going undetected.
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Unions have criticised the government for increasing statutory sick pay by a ‘miserly’ 50p per week.
An employment tribunal in Birmingham ruled that Steve Pointon was subject to disability discrimination and constructive dismissal.
From 6 April, smaller employers in England will be able to access lateral flow tests. They must register by 12 April and the kits are free up until 30 June.
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Covid-19 may have led to additional sickness absence, measures such as furlough, social distancing, shielding and working from home appear to have helped reduce other causes of absence.
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Lisa Stewart was accused by London Underground of dishonestly claiming she had been injured at work.
HR has been on the front line of helping employees to cope, but who looks after HR as the stress mounts?
Care workers are resorting to taking annual leave if they fall sick rather than be paid £96 a week statutory sick pay.
Workplace Covid-test scheme garners encouraging results at John Lewis and Tata Steel.
People discharged from hospital following Covid-19 face a high risk of readmission and multiple organ dysfunction, according to research.
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