Yesterday, September 26th, The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) released its annual Health and Wellbeing at Work survey report. The survey, which was conducted in March and April 2023, showed the highest absence levels measured in the last decade with 7.8 days of sickness absence on average across all sectors and sizes of […]

CIPD and Simplyhealth published their annual survey on Health and wellbeing at work in April 2021. It is based on responses gathered online from late November to mid-December 2020, between the 2nd and 3rd waves of Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.

Absence is a management issue, not a medical one. That is why similar organisations with similar work profiles can have very different absence levels. The difference is not that the employees in one company are more ill. The difference is that one company is managing absence better than the other one. Any absence is a […]

Many businesses across England are resuming operations after almost seven weeks in lockdown, employees are being encouraged to return to work, providing working from home is not possible; whilst employers are now required by law to comply with government sector specific guidelines to ensure the workplace is COVID-19 secure and with the necessary precautionary measures […]

On 2nd November 2016, CIPD published its 17th annual absence management survey results. For me, the interesting finding were not the headline figures of the report but that the sample size had nearly doubled, reaching 1091 respondents. For years, the group size has fluctuated both sides of the 600 mark.

CIPD and Simplyhealth have released the results of their annual Absence Management Survey 2015. The headline finding is a slightly higher level of absence at 6.9 days per employee per year compared to 6.6 last year. The survey sample size this year was smaller at just 578 companies. According to the absence levels breakdown table, […]

Kensington Olympia in London sees the annual CIPD HR Software Show opening next week. At the show, on the 17th and 18th of June, Honeydew Health and Absencehub.com will be showcasing Engage, our class leading absence and holiday management Software as a Service (SaaS).

HR Software Show 2015 is taking place soon on 17-18 June in London. The exhibition showcases newcomers as well as household names in HR tech. If you are on the market for upgrading your systems, the event gives you a great chance to browse your options. It’s also a great place to see what is new in the […]

The Economist assessed Britain’s economic situation in the wake of the 2015 General Election results stating that “productivity growth has been the missing ingredient of Britain’s economic recovery. In 2014 output per hour worked was 1.3% lower than in 2011, and some 14% beneath its pre-crisis trend. Much like predictions of interest-rate rises, forecasts of a […]

In absence management, as in employee management in general, the role of the line manager is pivotal.  In this article we explain why.