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Headline results for sickness absence in 2019
- Table 1: Absence rates by sector and organisation size 2019: percentage of working time lost per annum
- Table 2: Absence rates by sector and organisation size 2019: number of days' absence per employee per annum
Short-term and long-term sickness absence rates
Fourteen years of absence rates data
- Chart 1: Absence rates for all employers, % of working time per annum, 2006-2019
- Chart 2: Absence rates for all employers, number of days' absence per employee per annum, 2006-2019
Absence rates by region
- Table 3: Sickness absence levels by region, 2019
Sickness absence costs in 2019
- Table 4: Cost of absence per employee in 2019
Changes to sickness absence policies in light of the coronavirus pandemic
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Absence rates and costs survey 2020

Our latest survey on sickness absence shows a slight upward turn in absence rates, but with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it may be that 2020 will be something of an anomaly when it comes to sickness absence metrics.

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