One in three UK workers admit lying to take time off work, mainly because they’re disillusioned with their jobs, according to research published today by PwC on attitudes to absence.
The number of employers taking on remote workers over the last year has soared by more than two thirds, according to a survey of 45,000 SMEs.
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has highlighted the question of money laundering, in the wake of news of a plea bargain deal on Tuesday by Bernard Madoff’s payroll manager,...
Half of UK employers reported that they check up on an employee who calls in sick. And, according to a survey of 194 UK managing directors by job search company CareerBuilder, 9% of respondents...
As of 6 April 2011, the PAYE treatment of post-termination payments has changed.
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Women take more time off work sick than men, according to a report from the Benenden Healthcare Society.
Most employers would agree that working for other organisations or undertaking re-training during periods of sick leave is an unacceptable situation which could have a detrimental impact on...
The news “As employee absence increases, 30.4 million working days are lost through non-genuine reasons every year” struck a strong and timely ‘hord with me, as an HR Professional with experience of...
The UK economy lost 190 million working days to absence last year, with each employee taking an average of 6.5 days off sick, according to the latest CBI/Pfizer Absence and Workplace Health Survey.
Sickness absence is continuing on a downward trend among UK employees, according to a joint survey of sickness absence released today by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, and insurer Westfield...
Absenteeism is costing UK business £32 billion a year, with workers taking almost double the number of ‘sick’ days as US counterparts, according to research published today by PwC.
