Absence management

Job fears mean fewer workers will pull a sickie on today's National Sickie Day

Employees worrying about job security will mean fewer people taking 'sickies' from work today, the day traditionally known as National Sickie Day as businesses face the most absenteeism of the year.

When the boss becomes the office bully

As an HR manager, how would you tackle the situation if the individual causing havoc among the team was a stressed out senior colleague of yours, perhaps a board director? Would you turn to your...

Snow creates chaos for health services as NHS staff members stay in hospitals overnight

Bad weather conditions have caused disruption to services in hospitals and care centres across the UK, with some NHS staff being forced to stay overnight in hospitals.

One in four UK workers would not claim for serious work injury

A quarter of UK workers would not make a negligence claim if they experienced a serious injury at work as the result of faulty or unsuitable equipment, a survey has suggested.

Using rehabilitation services to manage long-term absence

Absence from work cost Britain's employers 17bn in 2009, as the average employee took six days off sick, according to a recent survey of absence and workplace health by the CBI and Pfizer.

CIPD findings on stress levels in UK workplaces fail to provide real quantitative data, say absence management experts

Absence management consultants have challenged the CIPD's findings that stress levels among UK employees have soared over the past year, giving rise to long-term absence across all sectors.

Stress-related absence has increased over past year, according to CIPD/Simplyhealth statistics

Stress levels among UK employees have soared over the past year, giving rise to long- term absence across all sectors.

How to manage redundancy of an employee on long-term sickness absence

Compassionately dealing with an employee who is on long-term sickness leave can be challenging for those who do not have the expertise, and the addition of a redundancy can make it even more complex....

Absence management can improve productivity and reduce unemployment figures

Unemployment is currently at 7.8% in the UK. It is important for businesses to address a number of issues to help reduce this figure or at least to avoid any continued increases in this figure.

Staff absence levels drop to lowest in three years

Staff sickness absence has reached its lowest levels in three years, meaning employers gained on average one extra day of work per employee in 2009.

Absence management: Can new technology predict when employees are going to be off?

There is no shortage of statistics on rates of staff absence. And systems are now being developed that not only record absence data but actually predict when an employee will next be off. The danger...

England v Slovenia match could cost British business 147 million

The combination of sunshine and soccer is expected to cost British businesses around 147 million as staff either call in sick or find reasons not to return to the office after lunch.