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.
The UK’s median absence rate has risen slightly meaning that the typical employee now takes 6.4 days off sick each...
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People administering the flu vaccine need to be confident, competent and have up to date knowledge about the vaccine they...
Experts in occupational medicine have developed a risk assessment tool to evaluate an individual’s vulnerability to Covid-19, based on their...
Employers are being hampered in their ability to assess the effectiveness of wellbeing initiatives by a lack of good quality...
The NHS is to launch an on-demand coronavirus recovery service aimed at supporting people with long-term breathing problems, mental health...
With workload and pressures spiralling for occupational health both inside and outside the NHS, Neil Loach argues it is vital...
The government is considering how victims of domestic abuse can be better supported by their employers and is looking at...
More than one in three employees (35%) has continued to work while feeling unwell during lockdown, with many feeling that...
Employers could be exposing themselves to allegations of discrimination if they require employees who live with a clinically vulnerable person to return to work.
Almost half (47%) of employees would feel uncomfortable about telling their employer about a health concern during the coronavirus pandemic,...
Employers of essential workers in England who are self-isolating with symptoms of coronavirus can refer them for Covid-19 testing.
A hairdresser has been awarded £20,000 at an employment tribunal after her boss asked her to pick up excrement in...
Amazon looks to implement employee testing but what are the legal hurdles?
Employers may still have questions even after Rishi Sunak's clarification of the system's details.
