A recent US survey has revealed that most employees feel guilty when calling in sick, even if their sickness is genuine. They should stay at home, the HR US Summit 2011 at the end of March will hear.
Sickness absence is on the rise following a drop during the recession, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.
Employment and training providers who will be delivering the Government's new Work Programme have questioned its long-term viability, given the current economic conditions.
Prime minister David Cameron today said he was finally going to make work pay as he disclosed what he called the "most ambitious, fundamental and radical" changes to the welfare system since it began...
With absenteeism costing 30 billion a year, business must start addressing the issues behind the problem.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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 levels among UK employees have soared over the past year, giving rise to long- term absence across all sectors.
