Workplace absence rises for first time since 1998

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2004Workplace absence has increased for the first time in five years from 166m days in 2002 to 176m in 2003 at a cost to businesses of an estimated £11.6bn.The rise, identified in a survey of over 500 firms by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and AXA, was primarily…