Increase in ‘well-being’ schemes as sickness absence rates rise

According to a new survey from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD), the amount of organisations using well-being schemes as a means to reduce the growing increase in employee absenteeism has risen dramatically over the past year. The CIPD’s annual Absence Management survey highlighted the fact that employee absenteeism levels have risen from an average of eight working days last year to 8.4 days in 2007, increasing to a sum of £659 per employee per ye... (644 more words)

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