Compassionately dealing with an employee who is on long-term sickness leave can be challenging for those who do not have the expertise, and the addition of a redundancy can make it even more complex....
Unemployment is currently at 7.8% in the UK. It is important for businesses to address a number of issues to help reduce this figure or at least to avoid any continued increases in this figure.
Staff sickness absence has reached its lowest levels in three years, meaning employers gained on average one extra day of work per employee in 2009.
There is no shortage of statistics on rates of staff absence. And systems are now being developed that not only record absence data but actually predict when an employee will next be off. The danger...
The combination of sunshine and soccer is expected to cost British businesses around 147 million as staff either call in sick or find reasons not to return to the office after lunch.
The numbers of staff taking long-term absence due to stress is falling, according to Unum.
Half of employees say they suffer from back pain at least once a month, with more than a third (37%) blaming work as the contributing factor.
Employees in the UK took 180 million sick days last year, averaging 6.4 days each.
The TUC's findings on employee absence in the public sector may surprise you.
The CIPD has launched guidelines for employers to minimise problems caused by staff absence during the World Cup tournament, starting next month.
The majority of UK employees are prepared to jeopardise their long-term health by returning to work from sickness absence before they're 100%-fit.
Coca-Cola has been criticised for an advertising campaign that apparently encourages staff to take sickness absence.
