Work disability and sickness absence represent critical challenges that affect individuals’ health, quality of life and socioeconomic participation. These conditions arise when physical or mental ...

Rising levels of staff sickness at a community NHS trust in Shropshire are causing concern to chiefs.

The first step to managing sickness absence is to design a sickness leave policy that considers both short-term and long-term sick leave. This should be clearly laid out in your employee handbook, so ...

The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May)[i] is ‘anxiety’, a common mental health disorder which is on the rise[ii], but which employers could do more to tackle by tracking ...

A retrospective study of temperatures in the province of Barcelona reveals that low temperatures increase the risk of going on a period of sick leave, due in particular to infectious and respiratory ...

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More than half of employers are struggling with the impact of the rising cost of sickness absence, according to WTW. Its annual absence management survey found that 55% of organisations experience ...