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.
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...
Two in five adults would fake a ‘sickie’ if they wanted a day off work, according to a Com Res...
Almost six in 10 (59%) workers have felt guilty about attending a medical appointment during working hours because of their...
One employee in three with cancer has not received sufficient support from their employer following their diagnosis, research has suggested,...
Employees lost an average of 4.4 working days in 2018 because of sickness or injury, according to the latest official...
Should employers give employees the right to be accompanied to meetings under a redundancy procedure?
Such a meeting could ultimately...
