Source: Occupational Health Review Issue: 124 Date: 01/11/2006 Publisher: IRS

NHS does not help absence management, say employers

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

SECTORS:
public services

Over three-quarters of employers think that the NHS is not operating in a way that provides them with adequate support to manage sickness absence, according to a recent survey of 600 senior HR professionals by healthcare company HSA1.

Employers are pessimistic about the future health of employees - over one-third see the health of the UK workforce deteriorating in the next five to 10 years and, of those, 87% feel the workforce's morale and productivity will be badly affected as a result.

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