Staff absence could cost UK business 5 billion today and on Monday as workers call in 'sick' because of the Ashes final, Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff's last Test Series, school holidays and paranoia over...

A sea change is needed if NHS employers are to reap the benefits of return on investment in health and wellbeing, according to an independent review of the health of NHS staff.

Employers can now calculate the risk of employee absence in their business, following the launch of the Absence Risk Barometer

Just as British businesses are adjusting to new working patterns brought about by cost-cutting exercises in the face of the economic downturn, they find themselves facing the growing threat of mass...

The Welfare Reform Bill will force employers to rethink absence management policies, with emphasis on prevention and rehabilitation.

AXA Insurance has donated 250,000 to the vocational rehabilitation team at the Papworth Trust.

Absences have soared in the North West this morning, following last night's Champions League Final.

More than third of employers (36%) in the manufacturing sector report an increase in absence from 2007 to 2008 and 45% say the sick-note system hampers a return to work.

Following the news two cases of swine flu (H1N1) have been reported in Airdrie in Scotland, anxiety among UK workers has caused an increase in staff calling in sick with 'flu-like symptoms'.

Absence is running at 7% in the UK and only 38% of employers are achieving their targets on staff absence rates, according to the Professional Planning Forum on Absence.

Psychological and sociological issues are bigger contributors to public-sector absence than diet and fitness, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has called on the Government to do more to prevent repetitive strain injuries (RSI) among British workers.