Monday, June 21, 2010
The price of presenteeism
We hear a lot about reducing the cost of sickness absence - both real and imagined - but rather less about the impact of staff struggling into work when they would be physically or psychologically better off staying at home.
But according to a new report from the UK-based Work Foundation, the cost of sickness presence - so-called 'presenteeism', could actually exceed the estimated £13bn annual bill for sickness absence.
See full Article.