Source: IRS Employment Review Date: 24-07-2012 Publisher: IRS

Absence rate remains at 2.8% of working time lost: 2012 XpertHR survey

TOPICS:
terms, conditions and employee rights working time and leave
employee relations employee relations challenges and tools

SECTORS:
chemicals
engineering and metals
manufacturing (other)
public services
retail and wholesale
services (other)
transport and communication

AUTHOR: Rachel Suff


Latest XpertHR research finds that, for 2011, absence from work was unchanged from 2010 at 2.8% of working time, equivalent to an average of 6.4 days per employee. Sickness absence cost an average of £618 per employee.

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Headline results for sickness absence in 2011
Absence rates by sector and organisation size 2011:
      Chart 1: Percentage of working time per annum
      Chart 2: Number of days' absence per employee per annum
Box 1: Calculating absence rates and costs
Box 2: Matched sample of 85 employers: comparing 2010 absence rates with 2011
Absence trends 200711
      Chart 3: Absence rates for all employers, percentage of working time per annum
      Chart 4: Absence rates for all employers, number of days' absence per employee per annum
      Chart 5: Absence rates by sector: percentage of working time per annum
      Chart 6: Absence rates by sector: number of days' absence per employee per annum
Absence rates in 2011 by sector and industry
      Chart 7: Percentage of working time per annum
      Chart 8: Number of days' absence per employee per annum
Absence rates by country and region of the UK
Map: Regional absence rates in the UK, 2011
Long-term absence rates and patterns
Sickness absence costs in 2011
Table 1: Cost of absence per employee in 2011
Table 2: Steps taken by employers to manage and reduce sickness absence levels
Our research
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