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...In the UK, annual sickness absence rates are at their highest levels in more than a decade, at an average of 7.8 days per employee, says the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development....
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...That was in addition to 6.1 days of sickness absence. Together, the amount of lost work was a 2 per cent improvement on the previous year....
...Wednesday’s figures showed that the rate of sickness absence for this group rose to 4.9 per cent in 2022 — the highest level since 2008 — compared with an absence rate of 1.5 per cent among other workers...
...The worsening health of the UK population has led to rising rates of both short-term sickness absence from work, and health-related inactivity in the working age population....
...It says it has spent much less on agency workers since starting the trial, with lower staff turnover and sickness absence and fewer complaints about services....
...Recent ONS data has pointed to a long-term decline in workforce size, which could fuel wage growth in the absence of productivity gains to match — a cause of concern for the central bank....
...Airline executives said absences in the tower had led to the airport imposing “flow restrictions” at short notice this summer leading to air traffic disruptions....
...According to the Office for National Statistics, the second most common reason for sickness absence in the workplace in 2022 was “other illnesses”, which officially includes Covid among a range of specified...
...This might involve more comprehensive sick pay and a less punitive, more compassionate approach to sickness absence....
...Anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses are the leading cause of absence among NHS staff — far more than Covid. In June 2022 alone, they lost the NHS the equivalent of 476,000 days....
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...Daily Covid-related absences among NHS staff were up almost half since last month, from 5,448 to 8,029, according to the data....
...The World of Work The UK is set to roll back sickness benefits for more people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to encourage them back into the workforce....
...Mandatory sickness benefit for a UK private sector worker taking four weeks’ absence is worth just 11 per cent of average earnings, compared with an OECD average of 64 per cent, the Resolution Foundation...
...There was an average of 60,583 absences due to staff sickness every day last week, up almost a fifth on last month....
...Against a backdrop of high sickness absence levels, the study, which was commissioned by the NHS Confederation, showed that reducing the number of Britons not in employment due to ill-health by 1 per cent...
...In the wider UK economy, the number of working days lost to sickness hit a record high last year, highlighting fears over the impact of ill health....
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