Sick Leave related to High Stress Levels

A report by the Commission for Healthier Working Lives highlights that UK workers face some of the highest levels of job stress in Europe, driven by long hours, tight deadlines, and limited autonomy in decision-making. Despite these challenges, productivity gains have not kept pace, raising concerns about the sustainability of current working conditions. The report [...]

By |2024-11-29T08:49:13+00:00November 29th, 2024|Sick Leave|0 Comments

Newsletter – September 2023

Hello and thank you for joining us for our monthly newsletter. As we move into the spooky month of October we have a short roundup of some news stories and how they relate to Employment in a wider context. For any of you that missed our last newsletter you can find that here. This week [...]

Sicker by the Decade

In research published by the CIPD we find that employee sick days are the highest they have been in a 10 year period. The numbers show that staff took an average of 7.8 sick days over the part year, compared to 5.8 in the year leading up to the lockdowns. Blaming the increase in stress, [...]

By |2023-09-29T08:33:00+00:00September 29th, 2023|Case of the Week - Blog, Sick Leave|0 Comments