Many companies find it hard to get started with wellbeing. More and more organisations are becoming aware of the benefits of having an in-house wellbeing programme but aren’t quite sure how to go about implementing one. After listening in on some interesting talks at the Health and Wellbeing @ Work 2016 exhibition this year, combined with working […]

There has been a lot of talk about public finances in the UK recently. The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his budget speech for the year on 16 March with plenty of changes in store for the year. Our friends over at Jelf Group have put together a handy report that outlines what the 2016 […]

Mental health issues are a real problem even though a lot of us may still be reluctant to address them. 1 in 4 people in the UK suffer from some kind of mental health issue. Based on this fact, as a manager, you will come across this issue. So instead of avoiding the issue, and […]

Every company has employees that pull sickies. It’s a given. However, it’s the excuses that have really caught our attention.

Last Friday, the 26th of February, Malene Nielsen and Casper Moller of Honeydew Health (the company behind Absencehub.com) attended the first annual “Making the Difference – Staff Awards” of our client Vertas.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that employers must pay commission as part of holiday pay.

Due to the way Easter falls in 2016 and 2017, some companies will be short changing their staff 2 days of their statutory minimum holiday allowance. The statutory minimum is 28 days per year, which most companies work out as 20 days plus bank holidays.

We are always commenting on the lack of focus on cost of absence. Every survey that is published shows that companies do not know what their cost of absence is. We remind business owners, FDs and HR time and again that absence is the second highest employment cost after salaries. However, it occurred to me […]

Engage online absence management platform passed a penetration test in February 2016 with flying colours. We, of course, had confidence in the data security standards of Engage but it is always nice to have a pat on the back for a job well done.

XpertHR published results of a new absence management survey this week. The findings of the survey, which focused on how companies tackle absence, confirm what we already knew: Line managers are in a key role when it comes to managing absence. The respondents had ranked their most and least effective absence management initiatives and 4 […]