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Headline results for sickness absence in 2018
- Table 1: Absence rates by sector and organisation size 2018, % of working time lost per annum
- Table 2: Absence rates by sector and organisation size, 2018: number of days' absence per employee per annum
Matched sample of employers: comparing 2018 absence rates with 2017
Short-term and long-term sickness absence rates
Thirteen years of absence rates data
- Chart 1: Absence rates for all employers, % of working time per annum, 2006-2018
- Chart 2: Absence rates for all employers, number of days' absence per employee per annum, 2006-2018
Absence levels by sector and industry
- Chart 3: Sickness absence levels by sector and industry 2018, % of working time lost per annum
- Chart 4: Sickness absence levels by sector and industry 2018, days of absence per employee per annum
Absence rates by region
- Table 3: Sickness absence levels by region, 2018 - percentage of working time lost per annum
- Table 4: Sickness absence levels by region, 2018 - number of days' absence per employee per annum
Sickness absence costs in 2018
- Table 5: Cost of absence per employee in 2018
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Absence rates and costs: 2019 XpertHR survey

XpertHR's latest survey finds that sickness absence rates remain unchanged over the past year, but employers continue to underestimate the total cost of such absence to the business.

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Published date: 23 May 2019
Publisher: XpertHR
Industry sectors: manufacturing and production; private-sector services; public services

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