Category: Sickness
Blue Monday and beyond: Prioritising wellbeing to reduce absenteeism
The start of a brand new year can feel like an exciting time at work, with fresh ideas being generated off the back of a battery recharge over the festive break. However, the combination of bad weather, failed resolutions and financial struggles can leave many feeling downbeat. In particular, these feelings can come to a
5 ways to reduce & manage sickness absence in the workplace
Employees having to take occasional sickness absence from work is nothing new. But if an organisation’s sickness absence management processes are inaccurate, inadequate or lacking altogether, it could be fuelling poor productivity levels and contributing to higher absence rates. In the UK alone, an estimated 185.6 million working days were lost in 2022 due to
Absenteeism in the Workplace: Top Five Causes and How to Reduce it
Absenteeism is an inevitable part of running a business. We all feel under the weather sometimes. But we’re also all products of our environment. And if the working environment is making your employees feel unwell, unhappy, or otherwise out-of-sorts, then it’s your responsibility as an employer to set things right. Each individual sick day taken
How to reduce absenteeism in the workplace
All employees need time off work every now and then to recover from illness, but what happens if, for some individuals, it seems to be happening on an all too regular basis? This is known as absenteeism. If you notice an employee is having unplanned absences, it is important to understand what is happening, the
It’s Never Been More Important to have Flexible and Efficient Systems to Manage Workplace Absences
The Government announcement on 1st Jan, warned businesses to develop “robust contingency plans” for up to a quarter of staff to be absent from work in early 2022. Edays has fully customised ‘reasons for absence’ so you can see, at-a-glance, who’s isolating and sick, and who’s isolating whilst still working remotely. You are always aware of
More chill to be ill: New study reveals 1 in 5 employees are more comfortable taking a sick day than pre-pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people across the world to pay closer attention to their health and hygiene. With over 4.4m reported cases and over 127k deaths in the UK alone, people are prioritizing health and well-being like never before. But how has the pandemic affected attitudes towards sickness in the workplace? Love Energy Savings
Podcast: Why data is the key to understanding sickness absence and beating employee burnout
In this episode, we’re joined by Leah Naman, People Experience Partner at ASOS, and Paul Holmes, MD at Wirtgen Group to reveal all about how they use absence data and insights to better understand sickness in the B2C and B2B workplace to combat employee burnout and presenteeism. Did you know that stress and mental ill-health
Press release: Small businesses suffer most furlough stress
Nottingham, UK. 15th December: Edays, the absence intelligence company, says data from 86,000 recorded UK absences has revealed that stress levels have spiked twice in 2020 following the changes to the furlough schemes. These peaks were especially noticeable in organisations with fewer than 250 employees as the effects of the pandemic proved more challenging for
Infographic: How sickness absence is damaging your organisation and its culture
Employee sickness absence is an inevitable occurrence in any organization, and it doesn’t discriminate by size, location, or industry. Being late off the mark to react and provide support for your employees can be detrimental to productivity, health, and your company culture. Learn how sickness absence is having a negative impact on your people and
Managing sickness absence has been turned on its head
Until recently, the emphasis on managing employee sickness absence for the majority of companies was still relatively ‘hands-off’. This was driven by a respectful employee/employer relationship; after all, you need to give unwell employees time to recover without too many intrusions on their time or bandwidth – not to mention the data privacy concerns over
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