Employee research has revealed that two thirds of employees are ‘reluctant to return’ to offices as lockdown eases in the UK. A survey of UK workers by e-days showed that 60% were reluctant or unsure about returning to the office on grounds of safety, while just over a third felt they were ready to go […]

Can you see a few empty desks around the office this morning? You’re not alone. Employee absence is likely to spike immediately after the August bank holiday, according to trend data from e-days – and employers are being advised to take action to reduce impacts and costs. The data shows an 8.24% increase on absence on the […]

Data taken from a subset of 500 UK employers using the e-days absence management system shows that May is generally a low sickness absence month – with just 38.6 average sick days recorded. However, last year, on the Tuesday after the early Bank Holiday Monday this spiked to 61.1 absences and it went even higher on the […]