CBI: Annual cost of 'sickies' stands at £2.5bn
Date posted: 08 Jun 2010
By calling in sick when they are not genuinely poorly, UK workers are costing the economy £2.5 billion annually, figures suggest.
Published by Louise Border.
The UK is losing out on £2.5 billion every year because of people phoning in sick when they are not genuinely unwell, it has been revealed.
According to the human resources staff members polled in a recent survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Pfizer, as many as 15 per cent of the sick days recorded in 2009 may not have been genuine.
Director of employment policy at the CBI Katja Hall believes that people who take such sick days are not being fair towards other members of their company.
The expert stated: "Unfortunately, bogus sick days remain a problem and are unfair on hard-working colleagues and employers alike."
Overall, 2009 saw 180 million sick days taken by the country's workforce, the organisations' Absence and Workplace Health Survey has shown.
In other news, the CBI's deputy director general John Cridland gave his backing to the coalition government's decision to address the country's large deficit in the Queen's Speech.
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