Employee absence has gone up to a median of 6.6 days per employee, rising to 9.1 days in the public sector, according to data from XpertHR. Personnel Today report that the survey found that employers are losing a median 2.9% of working time to absence, with employers with more than 1,000 staff losing 3.8% of working time, or 8.8 days per employee, compared to 1.8% for those with fewer than 100 employees. The figures for 2016 show a slight rise since 2015 where 2.6% of working time of 5.8 days per employee was lost to absence. The survey also revealed that providing cover for absent employees was estimated to cost £455 per employee per year.
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