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“Employers that do not pay attention to non-medical absences are missing early indicators that an employee is having reoccurring absence, which could be disguising the fact that they are unwell, stressed, demotivated and not wanting to go to work.” http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/item/15035/23/5/3
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New data compiled by FirstCare has found that while borough council staff across London are taking fewer sickness absences than at any point in the last three years, the cost of that absence still exceeded £118 million in 2011. Click here to read the Evening Standard article on FirstCare’s findings.
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He said it was “clear for a host of reasons that GPs are still signing people off too readily” and cited recent analysis from FirstCare of 22,086 employee records found that workers who went to their GP for a Fit Note were absent from work for 48 days on average, compared to 20 days for [...]
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The introduction of Fit Notes was supposed to end long term sickness absence, but a new study has revealed time off has actually doubled. According to the study conducted by management firm FirstCare, workers who went to their GP for a Fit Note were absent from work for 48 days on average, compared to 20 [...]
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Fit notes, which were introduced by the Labour government to reduce the length of long-term workplace absences, actually double the time that employees are likely to be off work, according to new analysis by absence management specialist FirstCare. Analysis of FirstCare’s databank of six million days of recorded absence has found that employees were [...]
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Health chiefs today said Londoners should stay away from hospital accident and emergency departments over Christmas and the New Year unless they have a life-threatening condition or are otherwise seriously ill or injured. They used Twitter to urge people to use walk-in-centres, consult their GP or NHS Direct, or simply stay at home to rest [...]
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