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TRANSFORM YOUR HEALTH & WELLBEING FROM REACTIVE TO PREVENTIVE – HRDebate Report

15 April 2024

More people than ever are leaving the workforce due to chronic health conditions resulting in the greatest ever number of economically inactive people in the UK Employers are faced with a worsening situation of health and wellbeing and are struggling to support long term sick employees back into the workplace...

Staff absences triple amidst increasing pressure on struggling HR services

10 January 2024

With January marking the renewal of holiday entitlement for many employees the race is on to book annual leave meaning that business owners and HR teams are snowed under an avalanche of holiday requests And if that wasn t enough instances of sickness and lateness rise vastly too meaning more...

Moving from reactive to predictive: The future of employee health and wellbeing

14 September 2023

Many organisations are moving into the world of AI and Predictive Analytics in relation to their own areas of expertise manufacturing logistics finance retail healthcare and many others are using data analytics to predict stock levels vehicle tolerances or market trends...

Leave of absence is reasonable accommodation Under ADA

12 September 2023

Hannah filed suit against UPS He argued that by being forced onto a leave of absence UPS failed to accommodate his disability in violation of the ADA resulting in a discriminatory loss of wages which he otherwise would earned if he had been assigned either a smaller truck or inside...

The majority of absence now due to mental health

4 June 2023

What does health amp safety mean to you For many we automatically think hi vis vests hard hats manual handling courses warning signs all those physical elements and measures that keep up free from harm But in reality there s much more to it than that...

Recording sickness absence is key to tackling escalating mental health issues

19 May 2023

A recent study from AXA UK and the Centre for Business and Economic Research Cebr iii suggests that too many UK workers are running on empty with burnout mental ill health and work related stress now costing the economy £28bn a year and 23 3 million lost working days for...

Sickness absence rates at their highest levels in a decade

18 June 2022

With a new report from XpertHR stating sickness absence rates are at their highest levels in a decade and four in ten employers believe they are too high Adrian Lewis Director at Activ People HR says to address this companies must get a handle on their absence data...

Time to evolve absence management practices

11 January 2022

With such a strong focus on keeping business ticking over there s a real risk that employee support structures have taken a backseat when it comes to innovating for the new hybrid workspace and nowhere is that more clear than in the case of absence management...

A guide to scaling, with absence in mind

16 April 2021

The past 12 months have not been all doom and gloom In fact many sectors have witnessed growth and prosperity Tech in particular has been able to shift suddenly to remote working with its workforce remaining profitable and productive It is somewhat unsurprising given the nature of these companies that...

Half of employees feel they cannot be honest about mental health absence

15 October 2020

Only half of UK adults would be honest about taking time off work for poor mental health according to new research from not for profit healthcare provider Benenden Health For more information about Benenden Health download its new report The elephant that never left the office Why stigma is still...

How COVID-19 will impact the future of absence management

9 May 2020

Sickness tracking and absence management has become of new critical importance to business This article has been exclusively developed for HR Directors to consider the implications of the return to work and how to keep staff sickness logged staff well as well as reduce business liability...

Absence must still be managed during Covid-19 crisis

7 April 2020

More than ever employers need to be able to track and manage employee absence and holidays efficiently With many people working remotely managers need visibility of who is working who is sick or caring for dependents and who is on annual leave or has been furloughed...