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.

The UK is in the grip of royal wedding fever, elated at the prospect of seeing William and Kate finally tie the knot, but also perhaps at the prospect of two consecutive bank holiday weekends.

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...

A recent US survey has revealed that most employees feel guilty when calling in sick, even if their sickness is genuine. They should stay at home, the HR US Summit 2011 at the end of March will hear.

Sickness absence is on the rise following a drop during the recession, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Employment and training providers who will be delivering the Government's new Work Programme have questioned its long-term viability, given the current economic conditions.

Prime minister David Cameron today said he was finally going to make work pay as he disclosed what he called the "most ambitious, fundamental and radical" changes to the welfare system since it began...

Four councils are coming together to share HR and payroll services in order to cut costs and deliver better value-for-money to the taxpayer.

With absenteeism costing 30 billion a year, business must start addressing the issues behind the problem.

Employees worrying about job security will mean fewer people taking 'sickies' from work today, the day traditionally known as National Sickie Day as businesses face the most absenteeism of the year.