Sickness absence: January blues or genuine illness?

• Author:
• Liza Knight

According to numerous press reports, more than 3.6m – or one in eight – workers called in sick between the Monday and the Wednesday of the first full working week back after the Christmas break, with many blaming it on the outbreak of the Novovirus.  

The majority of these absences were no doubt due to genuine illness. However, many employers will feel that the timing of the outbreak provided the perfect excuse for the one third of employees who admit to taking at least... (201 more words)

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