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Sickness and Absence

Employee absence is a significant cost to 90% of businesses.

An employee absence survey conducted by the CIPD shows that on average sickness and absence costs employers £567 per employee every year. In terms of working time employee absence costs employers 9 working days for every member of staff per year.

There are many reasons why people take time off work. These can be categorised as:

• Short term sickness absence (uncertificated, self-certified or covered by a Doctor’s certificate)
• Long-term sickness absence
• Unauthorised sickness absence or persistent lateness

There are several steps and management techniques that can be used to help manage sickness and absence – thus reducing this common cost to the business. Bespoke HR will be able to make recommendations and implement techniques in order to combat this problem.