Absence

Frequently asked questions and answers on the legal aspects of absence management.

Highlights the main causes of absence, gives information on measuring absence and managing sickness absence, and outlines the law. Includes the CIPD viewpoint.

Our latest annual benchmarking survey containing data on rates, targets, causes and costs of absence, stress and absence management. With links to previous surveys.

Details of the CIPD policy response to Dame Carol Black's review of the health of Britain's working age population

Examines the nature of employee well-being and the programmes and initiatives that are taking place under this heading in the workplace.

The CIPD welcomes the emphasis placed on the role of the GP in looking for ways to help people stay at work to aid successful and lasting recoveries contained...

Today s report from the TUC showing that a quarter of the workforce went to work in January despite thinking they were too ill to do so shows why employers...

The government response to Dame Carol Black s review marks a watershed in improving the debilitating effect of employee absence to UK businesses at a time...

Mini-toolkit for HR and trainers enabling them to offer training and support to line managers in order to reduce rates of absence in the organisation

Sickness absence costs organisations hundreds of pounds. This report analyses data collected from 40 different organisations and comprises over 80,000 absence spells of 30,000 individual employees.

This 1-day course gives participants the knowledge and skills to assist in reducing absence and tackling poor performance in the workplace.