As the Christmas blues began to creep in and the weather become all that colder, more and more people decide to take time off work.
The first Monday of February has officially been named ‘national sickie day’ with expected sick claims coming from 500,000 employees. A recent survey carried out by OnePoll for Daybreak, showed that a third of working adults took the day off and 53 percent of them said they didn’t feel guilty for “pulling a sickie”. The poll also showed that over half of the people surveyed put on a ‘fake’ sick voice and 46% of them said their reason for “pulling a sickie” was because they were tired.
The North West and London were top in the list of places that recorded the highest number of sick days, with Wales and the west Midlands experiencing the lowest number of days. The poll also found that the most popular excuses people used when calling in sick, was that they had a cold, flu or food poisoning. Employee absences on this day were also thought to cost industries up to £50 million.
The vast majority of businesses cannot afford to be dealing with unnecessary costs associated with employee absences.
Having a fully functioning Time and Attendance system in place can help your business monitor every absence your employees take. Elf Productivity’s Ceequel software suite provides you with a system to track your employee’s absences; not only on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis but also by a number of pre-defined terms. Absence codes can be customised within the software and details about every absence can also be stored. Reports can be generated at the touch of a button – providing mangers with the ability to spot when an employee has taken excessive time off where absence patterns are beginning to manifest.