
Taking a “Sick Day”
Although absence rates across both the public and private sectors have been falling since 1995, the figures still don’t look good on paper. According to the 2018 survey published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on 6th November 2019, an eye watering 141.4 million working days were lost illness or injury. The key thing here is the date on which this survey was completed as it won’t be taking the Coronavirus outbreak into consideration. Numbers are expected to rise sh