City GP
Absenteeism is an increasing problem for UK organisations. The following are a list of statistics that indicate just how much it costs UK Business each year:
| • | Absence costs UK industry an estimated 220 million working days or £13 billion per year |
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Work-related illnesses are increasing – Stress and muscular-skeletal problems cause up to 70% of long-term disabilities |
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A typical professional services firm loses £24,000 of chargeable time per employee per annum through illness |
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This represents a 7% increase since 2001. Add in the indirect costs of absence, the amount is doubled! |
| • | The cost of illness and absence in some industries can be as high as 23% of payroll |
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Employers have an average rate of sickness absence that is approximately 4.4% of working time or approximately 10 working days |
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Where senior managers take responsibility for absence the average days lost falls dramatically to 5 days |
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About a third of British workers say it is ok to “pull a sickie” but four in ten would be less likely if they knew their company was tracking their absences |
