In total, 148.3 million working days were lost across all industries in the last year, a reminder that sickness absence ...

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 ...

British Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct., 1972), pp. 420-431 (12 pages) Several studies have shown that frequency of absence attributed to sickness is not distributed randomly but ...

Experts and business leaders have criticised a new UK workplace sickness scheme, warning it lacks scale and fails to address the root causes keeping millions out of work.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – If you’re sick stay home. Maybe you’ve heard that at work, and as the “tripledemic” continues to hit the state – you may have to take a sick day. But, a mother of four says she’s ...

Objectives Evidence on the effect of smoking on sickness absence could guide workplace smoking cessation interventions and encourage employers to promote smoking cessation among their employees. This ...

Bolsover District Council has recorded its highest number of days lost per full-time employee due to sickness during the ...

The government is funding occupational health training for 5,000 line managers working in small businesses in England. The ...

While it is unclear why younger employees increasingly cite mental health as the main reason for sickness absence, employers still have a legal duty to protect staff health and wellbeing.

The number of working days lost to sickness and injury in the UK in 2024 was 148.9m, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data published on Wednesday (4 June). This was a 7% increase ...

Polk County schools are seeing a significant rise in student absences due to illness. Fourteen schools throughout Polk County have reported sick absence rates greater than 10% at least one day so far ...