Absence costs the UK economy a significant amount of money each year. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development produces an Annual Absence Management Survey which demonstrates the cost of sickness absence. The full survey can be downloaded for free from the CIPD website; here.
The survey uses analysis based on the replies of 642 employers in organisations employing a total of more than 1.9 million employees. Identified below are some of the key points:
There are two main types of absence: short-term repetitive and long-term sickness. Both of these impact on businesses and need to be managed. Corporate Health can assist you in the effective management of absence in your business.
We offer a variety of solutions from: case management to independent medical assessments; return to work interview training to stress awareness training; policy development to telephone support lines.
We provide effective sickness absence solutions that are used by some of the country's major employers and save companies thousands of pounds in absence related costs.