Tameside Council has met with opposition for allowing staff unpaid leave in order to have boob jobs.

Almost a fifth of organisations in Europe have reported an increase in absence over the last year.

16 October Birmingham or 22 October London.

Research from operational improvement consultancy Proudfoot Consulting shows only 29% internal business meetings draw up an agenda, only a third had full attendance and only a third prepared and...

Sickness is costing UK companies more than 1,000 per employee every year.

Employees' unhealthy eating habits are responsible for 97 million lost working days a year.

Workers will turn to alcohol, smoking and comfort eating to deal with the rising stress of their jobs, warns The Stroke Association and Siemens.

Employers have been warned that worsening economic difficulties brought about by the credit crunch could lead to a sharp increase in mental health conditions.

Royal Mail has been accused of using a "draconian and dictatorial" approach to its absence management policy in the same month it launched a health and safety training scheme.

Royal Mail's investment in staff health pays for itself many times over in terms of reduced absenteeism, rate of return to work after illness and higher productivity

The gap between public and private-sector absence rates has reached a record high, according to the new CBI and AXA Absence Survey.

When someone calls in sick, it doesnt necessarily mean they are ill. Jenny Hiscock explores solutions to the most common causes of absence