Culture change at GMB reduces sickness absence by 80%
Author: Charlotte Wolff
By introducing policies and procedures on absence management, and increasing employee awareness of stress and bullying issues, the GMB union's Yorkshire and North Derbyshire region reduced sickness absence rates from 7.3% to 1.3% over an 18-month period.
Key points
- When a new regional secretary joined the GMB's Yorkshire and North Derbyshire region, he decided to tackle its high absence rates.