When an employee needs to take time off work due to sickness it doesn’t only impact that one member of staff – it can have both minor and major repercussions for the whole company.
Rob Gimes: Home sick days – disruptive or productive?
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What measures should HR be taking on Ebola?
Kate Brearley, head of employment at international law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP, comments on what measures employers and HR teams should consider taking regarding Ebola: “With the international spread of the Ebola virus in the news and prompting health professionals to test procedures to deal with a UK outbreak, employers should be assessing their own…
Study reveals when, why & how often Britons call in sick
There is the perception amongst some that British workers take too much time off work sick, but there is little in the way of hard facts about sick leave in the UK. A new study commissioned by a leading HR software provider seeks to establish the truth about when, why and how often the British…
Rising sick bill is costing UK business £29bn a year
Sick days are costing UK business nearly £29bn a year as UK workers take more than four times as many days off work due to sickness as their global counterparts, according to new research by PwC. UK workers have an average of 9.1 days off from their jobs each year due to sickness. This is…
Depressed employee sues company for deducting sick pay
A mother-of-two, who became depressed when her husband announced he was gay, has successfully sued her employers for refusing her sick pay during her time off work with depression. Olga Gofmane, a manager of one of Holland and Barrett’s branches, was signed off work by her doctor, but she received wages of just £1.50 a…
Outbreak risk from rise of ‘workers-flu’
More than one in three people fear new strains of flu and a possible outbreak of the virus, new research reveals. A study by The Co-operative Pharmacy* has highlighted that workers would contribute to the spread of any flu outbreak by going to work ill and still can’t recognise all of its symptoms. Men would…
672 DWP employees fired for too many sick days
More than 600 staff were dismissed from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) last year for their poor work attendance according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. Official statistics obtained by video conferencing firm, LifeSize, reveal that 672 people were sacked for “unsatisfactory attendance” and 54 were disciplined for “unauthorised absence”.…
A third of UK workers admit pulling a sickie
But more than half of employees go into work when they are actually ill. New research by comparison site Confused.com reveals: A third of UK workers have pulled a sickie More than one in 10 workers has missed work due to a hangover But ‘presenteeism’ is more of a worry than faking illness: 55% of…
Carryover of leave for long-term sick not dependant on requesting holiday
There’s not been a shortage of cases about holiday and sick leave in the last few months, and this month is no exception. The Court of Appeal has just settled the debate as to whether an employee on long term sick leave has to have requested to take holiday in the previous holiday year, or…
Disability tests ‘sending sick and disabled back to work’
People deemed too sick or disabled to work are being refused their benefits because the current assessment is inadequate, according to the expert appointed to review it. Prof Malcolm Harrington, the government appointed adviser on testing welfare claimants, admitted the work fitness test was “patchy”. He said that as a result of the flaws in…