Sickness absence

The number of fit notes that GPs issued last year was the highest on record and may have been driven by a rise in Covid infections, a specialist employment law firm has suggested.

A judge has warned that employers must have good reasons for departing from the recommendations of an occupational health report.

A new report commissioned by employee benefits provider Unum UK argues that the UK’s current Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) system is no longer fit for purpose and proposes replacing it with Statutory Sickness Support.

UK workers took 5.8 sick days on average in 2020, according to new research.

Mary Ogungbeje, research manager at IOSH, on widespread presenteeism among home-workers eager to prove their productivity.

Using analytics to monitor the psychological impact of remote working during lockdown

The mental shortcuts we use to make judgements could result in us giving more attention to safety risks than to health ones, but being aware of these unconscious biases could lead to more effective interventions.

Health and wellbeing

A tool to assess the true cost of workplace wellbeing interventions is filling in the data gap that has so far undermined the business case for them.

Wellness programmes