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 number of years people will have to live with poor health is set to increase by 17% over the...
Employers need to be pragmatic and fact-based and clear in their communications when managing staff, including some in Wuhan, China,...
Employers lost on average 38 working days per worker to physical and mental health-related absence and presenteeism in 2019, costing...
Only three out of 10 (29.3%) NHS staff say their trust takes positive action on health and wellbeing, with many...
Acas has published advice for employers on dealing with the new coronavirus outbreak, including how to handle employees who have...
Seven in 10 (71%) business leaders have witnessed “presenteeism” in their organisations over the past 12 months, with the behaviour...
One in nine people with asthma have lost their job, or worry they will lose their job, because of their...
A leading occupational health professional has urged practitioners to take the lead in reassuring employers and employees who may be...
Social workers are at risk of developing “compassion fatigue”, which could affect both their mental health and their ability to...
The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick...
Financial worries are costing employers billions every year in absenteeism, lost productivity and turnover costs – but organisations are doing...
The majority of people think that cancer patients cannot live for years after their diagnosis, research has found.
According to...
Around half of working-age women have had to take long-term absence at some point during their working life, while 15%...
People affected by terrorist attacks need to access to more immediate psychological help, research has recommended.
A study into the...
Eight in 10 (84%) workers are failing to achieve the minimum amount of physical activity recommended by the NHS, while...
