By John Richardson
John Richardson joined Alexander Lloyd in 2003. As a Senior Manager leading the Accountancy & Finance divisions he personally maintains a client database recruiting senior finance professionals within the Accountancy & Finance sector. He specialises in the recruitment of qualified level Financial Directors and Controllers for both blue chip and SME clients, and niche roles such as tax/treasury and corporate finance and audit.
Sickness absence is a very well recognised issue within the work place today, with new reports coming out seemingly every week on the severity of the issue and the costs to the economy; £13bn at the last count. However, less well known and documented, particularly in the UK, is the problem of sickness presenteeism. Defined as the loss of productivity when employees come to work when they are unfit to do so and perform below par as a result of their illness, it is estimated that the cost of presenteeism to the economy is a staggering £19.5bn. The biggest cause of sickness absence has been cited recently by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development as stress, a complaint that accountants are no stranger to, particularly during the fast approaching year-end period.
Continue reading "Managing the costs of sickness absence in 2012" »




