Sick absence has risen to the 2010 level and more employers are using flexible working in response to the rising trend.

The annual CIPD/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey reveals that, after a small decrease reported in last year’s survey, absence is back up to the levels observed in 2011 and 2010, at an average of 8.7 days per employee per year in the public services sector. Absence is lower in the private sector at 7.6 days per employee. In the
manufacturing and production sector it is 6 days per employee per year. Absence levels tend to increase with organisation size, regardless of sector.

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