High rates of staff sickness absence? What tools are you using?

Effective staff absence management starts with the right tools.  Spreadsheets, notes and paper systems may record staff sickness, but they won’t help you manage sick days or give you the absence management data you need.

A  recent survey found that 23% of UK businesses don’t even keep records on staff sickness – but staff absence adds up.

Staff sickness software could make a huge difference to both your absence rates and your business.

CIPD’s Annual Report on Staff Sickness

The CIPD Annual Employee Absence Survey reports on sickness absence data across a wide range of industries.  In 2016, staff sickness was equal to 6.3 days absence per staff member.  This is significantly higher in the public sector.

Based on this data, here’s how sick days add up for an employer with 200 staff:

Employers using our sickness absence software usually experience a 25-30% reduction in unplanned absence.  Why not book a demo to see if we can help you?

Absence Management tools for tackling short term absence

Short term absence is often the most disruptive.  This impact is illustrated by the Bradford Factor.  Activ Absence management tools deliver an effective absence management strategy that reinforces your company’s absence policies.

Absenteeism and the excuses staff make

Whilst staff sickness is no laughing matter, some of the sickie excuses we’ve heard for taking sick days have made us smile.

We compiled some of the funniest sickie excuses into our video – which became an instant hit:

Absence Management tools for long term Sickness Absence

Long term employee sickness requires a different management approach.

Employers will want to minimise the period of absence, carefully manage and record every step of the process, and support the employee to return to work when they are ready.  Activ Absence sickness software can assist in many ways:

Activ Absence reinforces your Absence Management Policy