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Respiratory infections cost UK businesses £44 Billion annually, report finds

A new report by the Office of Health Economics (OHE) reveals that respiratory infections account for huge productivity losses in the UK.

Simon Garrity: The hidden cost of sickness absence – a growing crisis for UK business

The numbers are stark: British businesses lost £103 billion to employee sickness in 2023...

Sickness absence set to costs UK businesses £22 billion in 2024 

The rate of absence in the UK has been climbing since Covid first appeared in...

A third of employers still do not record the impact of sickness absence

Eighty-two percent of employers say they currently record sickness absence, a marginal improvement on...

Global employers urged to take urgent action on communicable diseases  

The Pan American Health Organization has issued an update on Oropouche Fever1, continued MPOX outbreaks, and warnings of a new Covid strain.

Megan Seibel: When work makes us sick

875,000 workers were suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2022/23, resulting in an estimated 17.1 million working days lost.

Employees take 6 sick days a year to look after loved ones 

51% of the UK workforce say their career has been impacted by taking on responsibility for different generations of their family's health and wellbeing.

Psychiatric illnesses affecting 25.6% of employees

New research has examined the most common causes of all NHS staff with psychiatric illnesses proving the leading cause of employees missing work.

1/5 UK employees with cancer dissatisfied with employer communication

A further quarter also said they did not feel heard or listened to by their line manager during a period of ill health.

Research highlights risk of wellbeing washing as sickness absence soars

Research finds employers admit to offering workplace benefits not to reduce sickness absence but to improve productivity.
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