Last week, the government announced a new plan to expand the ‘Right to Request’ flexible working patterns to all employees. Previously this was only available to parents with children under 16. The main aim of the initiative is to boost the job market and make it more inclusive to mothers and single parents. Continue reading
Category Archives: Healthy attendance
Do absence targets really work?
The theory is that setting absence targets improves attendance at work but is there evidence to back this? XpertHR has published figures stating that only 44% of employers in the UK set attendance targets, yet of those, 79% believe that the targets have drastically improved their experience of absence management. So why haven’t more companies joined in? Continue reading
Four steps to healthy attendance
Over the years we’ve learned how far reaching the issue of absence is. It doesn’t start on the day an employee phones in sick and the story doesn’t necessarily end when the employee comes back to work. Continue reading
Employee Wellbeing is worth investing in!
Employee wellbeing is not just a nice company value but it can become an important factor in productivity. As Susan Silcox outlines in her report published by XpertHR earlier this year, poor wellbeing has many detrimental consequences to the business. Continue reading
Attendance management vs absence management – What is it all about?
At Honeydew Health we believe the difference between absence management and attendance management comes down to creating a holistic positive approach. Continue reading
The Cost of Presenteeism
The modern workplace has changed significantly over the past 30 years largely due to the use of technology. Continue reading