Absence... Does it really make the heart grow fonder?

General apathy and cold, dark mornings result in many people throwing a "sickie" in early January-for 2010 this has been exacerbated by the snow and ice.

Professor Mike Kelly, Public Health Excellence Centre Director at NICE said: "Sickness absence

and incapacity for work is a huge issue. It's estimated that 175 million working days are lost in Britain due to sickness absence each year and the associated cost is reaching £100 billion - greater than the annual budget for the NHS."

According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on average sickness absence

costs employers £692 per employee every year and employee absence costs employers 7.4 working days for every member of staff per year; this represents 3.3% of working time.


	1. Recognise your organisation is a supplier. 2. Employees are customers. 3. The two simple statements above represent a fundamental consideration. Ignore it or reverse it at your peril. The recession has meant that there are a number of somewhat arrogant employers who believe they are doing their employees a favour


	1. Do understand the broad organisational context and business environment: the type, size, scale, spread, geography, logistics, etc., of the organisation. This includes where and when people work (which influences how and when training can be delivered). Look also at...

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