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.
One in five doctors with long Covid has been forced to stop working because of the severity of their symptoms, according to a British Medical Association report.
NHS England sickness absence hit 27 million days in 2022, according to analysis by Nuffield Health. The absence rate was 5.6%.
The latest workforce survey from the Department for Education shows teachers leaving in record numbers.
Official figures reveal that a record number of people in the UK are economically inactive due to long-term sickness.
What is the entitlement for employees who are off sick on a bank holiday? See this and other top HR questions for April 2023.
The percentage of working hours lost to sickness or injury rose to 2.6% in 2022, the highest it has been since 2004.
Almost half of UK managers witness a rise in employee mental health issues, according to a survey by Peninsula.
Personel Today and Cezanne HR research finds many employers have not updated their absence policies to reflect new working practices.
The government has committed to taking forward a number of reforms to the right to request flexible working.
Legislation to...
Decision to reduce the amount of compensation owed to a disabled civil servant who was dismissed because of his absence record was not discriminatory.
The top FAQ for December looks at the 2021/22 statistics for unfair dismissal compensation.
The cost-of-living crisis is causing people to refuse fit or sick notes from their GPs because they cannot afford to...
UK employers face a shrinking labour force and will continue to wrestle with hiring challenges into 2023 and beyond, according to a forecasts released by sister companies Indeed and Glassdoor.
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A new tool aims to help with employee wellbeing benchmarking in the private sector, so employers can understand how their offering compares.
