Absence and Absenteeism

Advice and guides on how to manage absenteeism (habitual evasion of work, or willful absence for voluntary reasons) and unscheduled employee absence in the workplace for legitimate purposes (e.g. accidents, sickness or a family issue).

News

Employee absence levels up, finds small business owners

Almost a quarter of small business managers in the UK say they have seen staff absence levels rise in the last 12 months, research finds.

Business management

Advisory service to help businesses tackle long-term sickness absence

Businesses will be helped to tackle long-term sickness absence in the workplace by a new independent assessment and advisory service.

News

Calls to address sickness absence

The government is being urged to reinvigorate its efforts to tackle sickness absence.

News

Public sector employees take more sick days

Research has uncovered a significant discrepancy in absence trends between the public and private sectors.

Blog

Tackling absenteeism and stress

Dealing with absenteeism as well as office stress levels seems to be a bugbear for small businesses, judging by research.

News

Employee absence costs economy £17 billion

The UK economy lost 190 million working days to absence last year costing the economy £17 billion, new research finds.

Employing & managing staff

Almost half of UK workers on sick leave continue to work when unwell

Of those, 32 per cent read work emails, 25 per cent take work-related calls, 19 per cent work online and 2 per cent host meetings from their sick bed, according to research from Bupa.

Employing & managing staff

Problems caused by back pain at work

Businesses are failing to recognise the problems caused by back pain at work, say doctors.

Employing & managing staff

Better absence management

Historically, managers responsible for absence management have failed to differentiate between frequent short-term absence and potential long-term absence.

Employing & managing staff

Absence without leave

If an employee doesn't return to work and doesn't contact the employer with an explanation, is there a set procedure that the employer should follow before assuming they are no longer wishing to return to work?

Employing & managing staff

How to deal with absence in the workplace

Staff absences can seriously affect the success of your business, your profits and your customer service, but it is possible to minimise the impact of absence by putting the proper measures in place to deal with it.

News

Top tips to reduce staff absence

Small businesses wanting to better manage absenteeism now have a free online resource to help them, courtesy of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).