Workplace sickness absence recordings decline for fourth year: GRiD

Both the incidence of sickness absence recordings and the measurement of its impact on the workplace in 2023 hit its lowest level in four years. Recordings of sickness absence and its impact dropped to 80% and 59% respectively, following an annual decline from 2020 where 85% of businesses recorded sickness and 65% measured its impact. The decline is likely due to the onset of hybrid working, GRiD noted, as remote working has made it "difficult" for employers to record this data as absence is "less visible in a hybrid-working world." Katharine Moxham, spokesperson for GRiD, said tha...