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Measuring the performance gap: CBI absence statistics

The latest Confederation of British Industry survey points to a small rise in the headline absence rate in 2003 following several years of steady decline.


Learning Points

  • According to the CBI, the average UK worker took 7.2 days off sick in 2003, representing 3.2% of working time per employee and 176 million days a year across the economy.