Reducing absenteeism

Q. Can you provide some advice on managing absenteeism in the workplace?

Peter Done, Managing director, Peninsula Business Services

Absence from work constitutes a significant cost for most employers, financially and regarding productivity. It can place an additional and unacceptable workload on employees. The cost and consequent damage can be reduced by implementing effective policies and procedures to deal with absence from work. Obviously, it is impossible to eliminate absence completely as it will always occur.

Absenteeism evolves around two sorts of absence -

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@insuranceage.co.uk.

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@insuranceage.co.uk to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Insurance Age? View our subscription options

Register

Sign up and gain access to five complimentary news articles every month.

Already have an account? Sign in here

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have an Insurance Age account, please register now.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an indvidual account here: