Absence management survey
Produced in partnership with Simplyhealth, this report explores trends, policy and practice in the UK
Absence management 2016
The Absence management survey report, produced in partnership with Simplyhealth, explores absence management trends, policy and practice in the UK. The report reviews some of this year’s key findings and considers how organisations can move forward.
This year's survey highlights that more employers are recognising the value of line managers in managing absence at work, but are failing to give managers the tools they need to manage absence effectively.
A quarter of employers (25%) identified that line managers being given sickness absence information is one of the most effective approaches to manage short-term absence and 15% said this was true for managing long-term absence.
About Simplyhealth
Simplyhealth have been providing cost-effective, accessible and manageable health cash plans for more than 100 years. Our market-leading products help businesses demonstrate real commitment to the maintenance of their employees' health, well-being and everyday performance. We help companies, and their talent, perform well. In an age of technology, it's still people who create business advantage.
Simplyhealth’s health cash plans enable businesses to look after their employees, and make it easy for people to maintain their health and wellbeing, so they can look after business. We offer two types of preventative health cash plans:
- Optimise: our health plan, providing money back and access to a range of treatments including visits to the optician, dentist, 24/7 GP services and more.
- Denplan: the UK’s leading dental payment plan, providing money back on routine examinations and hygiene treatments.
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