Absence Rotes Still High But Presenteeism Is The New Worry

摘要

The UK lost 5.8m working days to sickness or injury between July 2007 and June 2008, according to Labour Force Survey figures and analysis released last month by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The 5.8 million days lost over the period accounted for 1.5 per cent of working days.Since June 2006 sickness-absence rates for all employees have remained stable at about 2.5 per cent,i.e.2.5 per cent of employees had at least one day's absence from work in the Survey's reference week (usually the week before the Survey interviews).