Welcoming the report from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Health and Safety Executive on managing sickness absence in the public sector Welcoming the report from the Department for Work ...

Findings from WorkNest found that pressure is already placed on businesses with more than a third (37%) saying high levels of short-term, frequent absence is their main challenge when it comes to ...

Below, we’ll go through the causes, costs, and considerations for managing sickness leave. We’ll tell you how to make a sickness policy – including how to calculate Statutory Sick Pay – and offer tips ...

Short-term sickness absence by employees could be worsened by April’s reforms to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) entitlement, research has warned.

FirstAssist survey reveals HR attitudes to absence and its rising costs CBI figures say absence costs nearly 500 per employee a year, at a cost of 12.2 billion to the UK economy. A survey of HR ...

The vast majority of Gen Z (4 out of 5) called in sick at some point during 2025, making this cohort the most likely to have a sickness absence, according to data analysis published yesterday (28 ...

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All UK employees will be entitled to statutory sick pay (SSP) from day one — leaving small businesses to face potential cost and productivity challenges.