Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Absence rates and costs: 2019 XpertHR survey

  Date:

  23 May 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR's latest survey finds that sickness absence rates remain unchanged for 2019, but employers continue to underestimate the total cost of such absence to the business.

• Coming soon to XpertHR

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Updated to include information on the forthcoming Podcast: Dress and appearance in the workplace.

• Occupational sick pay: 2019 XpertHR survey

  Date:

  25 April 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR's research into occupational sick pay looks at the benefits on offer, including any service requirements, and the circumstances in which sick pay may be withheld.

• Webinar: Pregnancy sickness - managing absence issues successfully

  Date:

  25 April 2019

  Type:

  Audio and video

  Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at law firm Hogan Lovells, discusses the legal framework protecting pregnant employees and the health and safety considerations employers should be aware of.

• Poor management has led to spike in stress absence

  Date:

  10 April 2019

  Type:

  News

  Stress-related absence has increased for two-fifths of organisations in the past year, according to new research from the CIPD and Simplyhealth.

• Statutory sick pay

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate in force from 6 April 2019.

• Letter informing an employee absent from work due to sickness that their pay will be stopped or reduced

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate, in force from 6 April 2019.

• Short-term sickness absence policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate, in force from 6 April 2019.

• Long-term sickness absence policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate, in force from 6 April 2019.

• Sick pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the increase in the rate of statutory sick pay, effective from 6 April 2019.