Too busy to be ill.
Employees downplay illness despite bosses’ best intentions
Tags: presenteeism
Brits are too afraid to call in sick
Brits afraid of their boss and office backlash.
Brian Hall: How to keep your home workers healthy
How can employers keep their home workers engaged?
Employees who work from home can’t switch off
Do you stop emailing after work?
HR trends coming to your office in 2019
Perkbox predicts presenteeism and an environmental conscience will become key issues in the workplace in 2019.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE: ‘People need more autonomy and control’
Sir Cary Cooper: How can we facilitate work cultures that produce healthy and happy workforces and, by association, increase productivity?
Five ways to save £77bn a year, by tackling presenteeism
Presenteeism rates have tripled in a decade, with 86% of organisations saying they observe people coming into work when ill compared to 26% in 2010 – it’s a serious issue and one that employers need to address.
Absenteeism vs. presenteeism – which is worse?
When someone is absent from work, the remaining staff may take on the extra load. But when they come in to work sick, everyone is at risk of catching a cold – which is worse?
Mental health presenteeism rising as over a fifth go into work when mentally unwell
Three in ten (29%) say it’s easy to take time off for a physical illness within their organisation, but not for a mental illness
Nine in ten UK workers came into work despite being ill in 2017
Nearly half of all employees surveyed didn’t take a sick day in 2017, with one in five believing they would be perceived as weak if they did.
Job insecurity is behind the rise in presenteeism, says report
Nine out of ten UK employees (92%) have gone into work despite being sick this year and the top reason for presenteeism is the fear of not getting paid, according to new research.
Over a third of UK employees pressured to work overtime by fear of being judged
A third of bosses (31%) expect workers to stay later than their contractual hours
Absenteeism vs. presenteeism – which is worse for the remaining staff?
When someone is absent from work, the remaining staff may take on the extra load. But when they come in to work sick, everyone is at risk of catching a cold – which is worse?
Zara Whysall: Presenteeism: Friend or Foe?
As a business psychologist straddling both academia and practice, presenteeism raises some important challenges. On a practical level, a common concern is the financial cost of presenteeism – highlighted by our recent UK study as costing businesses just over £4k per employee in lost productivity every year. On average employees spend 2.5 weeks a year…
Tiredness hits productivity for UK businesses
Almost two-thirds of UK workers claim tiredness negatively impacts on productivity at work, research has revealed.