Employers are failing to get to grips with the issue of sickness absence, with many unaware of current absence levels, according to Aon Hewitt.

A significant proportion of the UK’s small business bosses are risking burn-out and ill-health as they battle absence to keep businesses afloat, according to health insurer Bupa.

Two national days of co-ordinated public sector strike action in the UK last year have contributed to the highest level of working days lost to industrial action since 1990, according to full-year...

It is going to become increasingly difficult to pull the wool over the boss’s eyes and take a false sick day in the future, according to a report into absence management technology by Office...

While technology has changed the way we work, absence management procedures have not kept pace, creating serious welfare, management and productivity issues, according to the major report released...

With only six months until the London Olympic Games, research by recruitment consultants, Badenoch & Clark, has found employers remain unprepared for the expected surge in staff leave this summer.

Monday 16 January 2012 has been designated the most depressing day of the year – Blue Monday - but ‘workplace malaise’ could be costing businesses as much as £93 billion in lost productivity according...

A compassionate approach to absence management can have a “significant impact” on an employer’s reputation, according to the initial findings of a forthcoming report commissioned by Ellipse, the...

The introduction of Fit Notes was designed to end long-term sickness absence, but a new study has revealed time off has doubled.

Analysis by insurers Legal & General, using Department for Work and Pensions statistics, has shown that stress-related absences are nearly three times more likely to be taken by women than men.

The issue of mental ill health is still being swept under the carpet in most workplaces, with less than half of employees saying they would feel confident to disclose a mental health problem to their...

The introduction of the ‘fit note’ to replace the ‘sick note’ has provided the nudge needed for managers to open up important conversations with their staff and discuss the best way to help get...