CIPD and Simplyhealth have published their annual Absence Management report (2014) and once again the findings are encouraging but also show room for improvement. Continue reading
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How to avoid getting ill this winter?
Winter is just around the corner and with it, naturally, comes widespread contamination of the common cold and flu. Everyone’s had the groggy feeling of a cold on a windy and chilly day or even the feeling of waking up with a blocked nose after a seemingly fine sleep. Usually these aren’t enough to restrain us from going into work so how can we avoid getting such illness and their disrupting symptoms altogether? Continue reading
Why should employers keep in touch with long-term absentees?
For employers, staff members who are absent from work for an extended period due to illness or injury can incur hefty financial costs to the business. Continue reading
Do call centres enhance absence management?
Absence management is a 24 hour job. If your employees need to call in sick, restricting the time in which they can notify you just isn’t realistic. But on the other hand, expecting managers to be on call for absence 24 hours a day isn’t realistic either. The solution is call centres, but the question is: Do call centres enhance absence management? Or should this be a management responsibility only? Continue reading
Meet the Usual Suspects – Wild Bill Ghost
The final member of our gang of the Usual Suspects is Wild Bill Ghost. He is the archetype of a problem long term absentee. Here’s a brief description of Wild Bill, see if you recognise him?
Today is National Sickie Day
The first Monday in February is the day workers in the UK are most likely to call in sick – the National Sickie Day. The cold weather, post-Christmas credit card bills and the long months ahead before summer and holidays all contribute to many employees deciding to stay in bed on this day. Continue reading
Meet the Usual Suspects – Buffalo Skiver
Over the years, we at Honeydew Health have started to notice absence patterns that are all too familiar in many organisations. To bring them to your attention, we have characterised these Usual Suspects, that we feel everybody can relate to. Continue reading
Today didn’t have to be the most depressing day of 2014
It’s official. Today was the most depressing day of the year. The morning commute was probably slow and the weather was atrocious, but it didn’t have to be the most depressing day of 2014. Continue reading
How will your company manage absence during the Olympics?
Research conducted by recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark has found that one in six or 17 percent of employees would consider taking a sickie to watch the Olympics.
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