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 government has launched a call for evidence into the effectiveness of statutory sick pay.
An employment tribunal finds that the dismissal of an employee for absence following an allergic reaction was discriminatory.
Not all instances of working while unwell are 'presenteeism', and can be beneficial to the employee and the organisation, research finds.
Sickness absence rates hit 7.8 days per year on average in 2023, the highest level reported in a decade and two days more than pre-pandemic.
Could analysis of employee data help organisations reduce long-term sickness absence and nip potential problems in the bud?
Lack of sleep accounts for as much as one in nine days of sickness absence, according to research by life assurance company Canada Life.
Questions last month focused on dismissing an employee on grounds of ill health and queries around disciplinary procedures.
Acas has issued employer advice ahead of the Women's World Cup semi-final, which sees England's Lionesses face Australia.
Employees are delaying dental treatment due to worries about asking their employer for time off work, Bupa Dental Insurance has found.
Questions last month focused on the agency workers during strikes, payment in lieu of notice and dismissing an employee who is in prison.
Kelly McCabe explains how organisations may be able to support employees on a waiting list for NHS treatment, lessening the impact of delays.
There was an increase of over 400,000 people unable to work because of long-term conditions since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the ONS found.
Ministers are today (20 July) launching a consultation on ways to increase uptake of occupational health provision, linking health in the workplace with the UK’s economic inactivity problems.
NHS dentistry is facing 'a crisis of access', MPs have warned, with people being forced to drive hundreds of miles for treatment.
Popular HR questions in June 2023 include topics such as term-time workers' holiday pay and rights to time off for fertility treatment.
