Mental health absences fall but remain leading cause of sickness at Barnsley Council

Mental health-related sickness absence among staff at Barnsley Council has fallen significantly over the past year, but it ...
Nature

Work Disability and 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 ...
Personnel TodayOpinion

Ill health, not AI, is the real threat to workforce resilience

The biggest threat to workforce resilience today is not AI but people becoming too unwell to continue working, argues James ...
HR Magazine

ONS sickness absence data: How can HR support sick employees?

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 ...
Medscape

Sickness Absence Rates Soar in Health and Social Care

The number of days lost to sickness absence in the UK increased to a record high in 2022, with absences among health and social care workers remaining consistently higher than for other major ...
JSTOR Daily

Smoking and sickness absence

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 ...