Sickness absences can have a significant impact by reducing working capacity and putting additional stress on those at work to perform additional tasks when they may already be at capacity. That’s why having measures in place to deal with it are a necessity.

Work-related ill-health costs the UK economy over £400m per week, and in 2023, it reduced economic output by £22bn, revealed TUC analysis of Health & Safety Executive data.

The direct costs of sickness absence are significant, including:

•            contractual or statutory sick pay (SSP) (which cannot be reclaimed by the employer);

•            lost output from the absent employee;