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.
A worker’s annual leave can be carried over into the following holiday year if sickness absence prevents holiday from being...
The Court of Appeal has provided guidance on when employers can dismiss an employee on long-term sick leave, in what...
Is your organisation’s absence level high or low? Do you know how it compares to your competitors?
Last year’s survey...
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With data and analytics playing an increasingly critical role in HR decision-making, latest analysis from XpertHR Benchmarking reveals the seven...
The Government has announced plans to overhaul the GP fit note and statutory sick pay, as well as reform the...
Absence rates continued to remain stable during 2015, XpertHR’s annual sickness absence benchmarking survey has revealed.
Employees took 5.8 days’...
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Employers often face the thorny issue of whether or not employees can carry over annual leave into the next leave...
Employers know they have to consult with employees before making redundancies, but what should they discuss in an individual redundancy...
A thinktank has called for a right-to-return-to-work period of one year for people on disability-related sickness absence or with long-term...
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High absence rates can have a damaging impact on the health of organisations. This is your chance to benchmark your...
