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Help your company to be as productive and profitable as possible by managing absence.

Absence through sickness costs companies an increasing amount of money and can also put a strain on morale, causing undue stress, worry and workload uncertainty for employees.

Bupa offers a number of services that could help you manage sickness absence and encourage employee wellbeing.

How could Bupa help?

 

Measuring and managing the impact of absence

Bupa's Health Risk Management services offer:

  • practical recommendations to control employee health risks such as sickness absence issues, patterns of illness and recurrent incidences
  • solutions to help cut incidences of health-related early retirement
  • up-to-date guidance on fulfilling the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act
  • advice on making reasonable adjustments to enable employees to return to work as quickly and as safely as possible

Detect health problems through early intervention

Bupa's health assessments offer:

  • help to detect or even prevent illness
  • speedy advice to help employees take corrective action as early as possible – which could help to minimise sickness absence levels and workplace performance issues


Bupa's business health insurance offers:

  • prompt access to private diagnosis and treatment to help employees return to work after ill-health
  • funding for expert cancer treatment at every stage

Maintain a healthier workforce

With Bupa you can give your employees access to:

Help and support for employees

Bupa can also provide a range of services to help the family members and dependants of employees, including childcare and nursing, and residential and respite care for the elderly and the disabled.

Next steps

  • * Lines are open Monday to Thursday, 8am to 6pm and Friday, 8am to 5pm. Calls may be recorded and may be monitored.
    ¹ AXA/CBI Absence & Labour Turnover Survey 2008
    ² CIPD annual survey report 2008.

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In 2007 sickness absence cost companies an average of £666 per employee.

CIPD annual survey report 2008.

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  • How much is sickness absence costing your business?

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Sickness absence in 2007 cost the UK economy £13.2 billion

AXA/CBI Absence & Labour Turnover Survey 2008

Time lost to sickness absence was 6.7 days per employee in 2007

AXA/CBI Absence & Labour Turnover Survey 2008