Sick note culture in the office
Jul 02 2008
Sick note culture in the office
Businesses in the south of England are counting the cost of staff absence as 45 per cent of companies responding to a survey admit absence rates are up on last year.
Nearly all of the 150 companies contributing to the research said bosses had difficulties in managing absence (97 per cent).
Helen Clarke, managing director of Jaluch, said that ‘employers are experiencing a lot more long-term sickness absence due to illnesses like stress or depression than ever before’.
Twenty per cent of respondents said that generous sick pay policies don’t encourage staff to return to work as soon as they are well. Seventeen per cent of companies with fewer than 2,000 staff had no sickness policy in place.
Clarke added: ‘The problem is exacerbated because mounting employment legislation is leaving bosses reluctant to manage staffing issues.’
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