Absenteeism 'ranked sixth' concern by employers

A survey of 500 financial decision makers within British businesses has found that employee risk - including absence and health - was a concern for just 25% of respondents, ranking only sixth. This is despite the fact that employee absence is estimated to cost the UK economy around £18bn a year in terms of lost productivity. According to the research, economic uncertainty was the biggest concern (43%) for businesses, followed by technological risk, including cyber and data security (39%), then financial risk, such as operating costs, and competitor activity (both 33%). Large employ...