Employee sickness has reached a 15-year high
Download MetLife and HCB Group’s whitepaper on early intervention, the long-term sickness absence crisis and the solution available to employers now.
Facing up to the issue
The Keep Britain Working review is sizing up interventions for both employees and government policy, but the problem exists now.
With 3 million people out of work on long-term sickness, costing UK businesses £103bn annually, it’s imperative that we act quickly to deliver solutions where needed.
SMEs are hardest hit by absence, which costs them more in lost skills, productivity and spending on temporary replacements.
Insurers and advisers can play a key role in providing affordable solutions that meet the challenge. This whitepaper offers a way forward.
Liz Barclay, ex-Small Business Commissioner
Liz Barclay is a small business and consumer champion, and former UK Small Business Commissioner. As a long-time advocate for small businesses, Liz has put together this whitepaper that aims to show a path forward for businesses dealing with sickness absence.
A wake-up call for the UK
In this whitepaper, Liz Barclay proposes a number of recommendations that employers, insurers, and policymakers can take forward today to begin to tackle the crisis. The whitepaper is both a wake-up call and a rallying cry for all of us to do more.
We cannot afford to continue to do nothing.
We need to act for the good of businesses, their employees and UK Plc.
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