Absence management Archives

Will Businesses Count the Cost of Returning to ‘Normal’ as the third wave grows? COVID absence management is about to get even more challenging.

Posted on 15th July 2021 by Empactis

COVID absence management due to isolation and long term sickness will bring fresh costs and challenges As England prepares to unlock, many business leaders are breathing a sigh of relief. With the end of work from home recommendations, many are planning to bring workers back to deserted workspaces, and others looking forward to building back to a more normal level of operations. It may […]

Using spreadsheets for absence management and employee data is not smart

Posted on 22nd July 2020 by Empactis

Usings spreadsheets for absence data is not smart

Covid-19 has brought employee health and the challenge of managing absence to the top of the agenda. It placed new demands on managers and HR teams. They must now track a complex array of Covid-19 related absences alongside new challenges such as arranging coronavirus tests. When the pressure is on and there is new information to capture, it is natural to […]

Managing people and business continuity in a coronavirus pandemic

Posted on 9th March 2020 by Empactis

Essential management advice to help organisations prepare to manage coronavirus employee absences The Government has now shared its plans and contingency considerations for the potential impact of a pandemic CoVID-19 coronavirus with the UK public and the world. It may have huge personal significance for every citizen in Britain. Yet there are also huge potential […]

Relating NHS sickness absence rates to attendance data is a tough challenge

Posted on 28th July 2019 by Dr Steve Boorman

I am always pleased to see that NHS Digital continuing to publish data openly on sickness absence rates across the NHS. The latest quarter’s data to the end of March 2019 has just been released. It is also excellent to see the narrative refers to the work my team did in reviewing NHS staff health […]

Managing Long Term Absence

Posted on 24th April 2018 by Dr Steve Boorman

Our Empactis platform helps businesses to understand the true impact of absence and we consistently find that, even if absence is thought to be consistently captured in HR systems, these systems (or the way they are used) results in significant under reporting (as much as 40%). The leading Occupational Health Journal, Occupational Health (at Work) […]

Health, Work, Well-Being and Sickness Absence Survey 2017

Posted on 21st August 2017 by Empactis

I was interested to see the data reported in the recent EEF report “Employee Health: making industrial strategy work for Britain”. Despite 77% of 264 manufacturing organisations surveyed being aware of the Fit for Work Service, less than half (46%) would consider using it and nearly a quarter actively said they would not use it! […]

Absence still a significant issue within the NHS

Posted on 3rd August 2016 by Dr Steve Boorman

The recent published Absence rates for the NHS, show that Healthcare Assistants have overtaken Ambulance staff for the highest rate of sickness absence The latest published NHS Absence Rates for Jan 2016 to March 2016 show that sickness absence remains a significant issue with continued high rates of absence in many areas, and large variations […]

Reviewing the Carter Report – Absence Management Key to NHS Meeting Commitments

Posted on 24th February 2016 by Empactis

The final report from the Carter Review into NHS efficiency has just been released, and it makes for sobering reading, with headline grabbing findings including billions being wasted on inefficient use of staff, paying over the odds to suppliers, bedblocking, and a high reliance on agency workers. The report went on to say that hospitals […]

The ever rising cost of absence in the NHS

Posted on 24th September 2015 by Dr Steve Boorman

Simon Stephen’s recent announcement at the NHS Innovation Expo on 2nd September confirms that the cost of sickness absence among NHS staff has continued to rise and is estimated by Public Health England to be around £2.4bn a year or one pound from every forty of the total budget! Simon Stephen’s recent announcement at the […]

Retailers – don’t lose sleep over festive employee absence

Posted on 16th December 2014 by Empactis

A recent survey carried out by Barclays asked retail bosses what fears kept them awake in the run up to Christmas. The survey highlighted that the second biggest fear for retail bosses is one that has the potential to wreak just as much havoc over the festive period – staff sickness! A recent survey carried […]