Govt Review of Sickness Absence

I join the CIPD in welcoming government’s major review of sickness absence as part of its shake-up of welfare reform.  See the CIPD's comments < here>.

Good control of attendance at work is critical on many fronts, not least the burden that long term sickness absence places upon the welfare state.  Form an organisation's perspective, ensuring that people have an attitude and culture of attendance is far easier to manage than attempting to manage absence issues.  It is also far more cost effective to keep and develop current employees than it is to recruit and train up new employees who have left on medical grounds.