- The UK average for sick absenteeism in 2009 was 6.4 days per employee
- The average direct cost of absence was £595.00 per employee
- At an approximate cost of £16.8 billion to the UK economy
- The leading causes of long-term absence are mental health, back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- Quote from Dame Carol Black: “We have got places where there are three generations of men who have never worked. If your grandfather never worked and your father never worked, why would you think work is the normal thing to do? I think it is an awful thing to inflict on a child. I worry about what this does to the fabric of our society, let alone the economy.”
