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.
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...
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.
A year after the launch of the fit note, general practitioners agree it has made a positive impact on the speed their patients are returning to work.
Business leaders feel torn between their emotions and business duties when dealing with employees on long-term absence.
With chancellor George Osborne’s second budget coming up tomorrow and the economy still in recovery mode, there is hardly a news headline that does not predict doom and gloom.
Reduced productivity and absenteeism due to drug and alcohol misuse are costing the UK economy £1.5 billion. According to 13 years’ worth of test data collected by European drug and alcohol testing...
