Staff illness costs businesses. And as prevention is better than cure, what better reason to have a robust health and wellbeing strategy in place?

Over the past 15 years, HR departments at large organisations have benefited from a range of software tools that have helped reduce administration and increase efficiency.

Over the past 15 years, HR departments at large organisations have benefited from a range of software tools that have helped reduce administration and increase efficiency.

Physical complaints, such as back and neck pain, were the biggest contributor to sickness absence in 2013, Office for National Statistics figures show.

London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL) HR director Darren Hockaday has revealed the unions are completely behind an overhaul in absence policy at the company.

The extent to which a new Government service set up to reduce long-term sickness absence can solve the problem has been questioned by HR experts.

Employees on long-term sickness absence are to receive additional support to get them back into work, under a Government-backed scheme.

Presenteeism in the UK workforce is rising, with 93% of UK employees saying they have come into work despite being ill, according to new research from insurance company Canada Life.

Employers who maintain healthy workplaces can reduce staff absence and boost productivity, according to a TUC report published today.

Workplace harassment is not a thing of the past and is on the rise, according to an XpertHR survey.

Absenteeism levels are plummeting according to new Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures, down from seven days to just four per employee. It's something that HR professionals have been aiming at...

Nearly three quarters of people off work due to illness required adjustments in the workplace to help their return, an analysis of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Fit for Work Service...