Sickness Absence




Sickness review ups pressure on ill workers

A government commissioned report that recommends taking responsibility for signing off sick workers out of the hands of GPs and handing it to a new Independent Assessment Service (IAS) could lead to damaging pressure on sick workers, the TUC has said...

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25 November 2011
Workers can't afford to be sick

Workers cannot afford to be off sick and rush back to work because of financial fears, new research has found.

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25 November 2011
Managing presenteeism pays off

Employers can save money and improve the health of their staff if they manage presenteeism alongside sickness absence, according to a discussion paper produced by Business in the Community (BITC) and Centre for Mental Health.

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1 July 2011
MS ‘needlessly' cuts careers short

Providing support for workers with multiple sclerosis (MS) would significantly reduce the annual welfare bill and prevent people from missing out on an average of 18 years of their working lives, according to a new report from The Work Foundation.

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24 June 2011
Businesses overlook injury and illness costs

British businesses are losing their competitive edge because of a failure to tackle the risks of injury and illness in the workplace, a report from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has concluded.

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3 June 2011
Most claimants denied sickness benefit

Three quarters of sickness benefit claimants are found fit to work or abandon their claims before completing their medical assessment, latest figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have revealed.

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6 May 2011



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