Private sector behind Public sector in addressing employee wellbeing

The private sector is lagging behind the public sector in addressing employee well-being.  According to the CIPD ‘Absence Management’ annual survey report 2011 only 1/3 of private sector companies have employee well-being strategies in place compared to 2/3 of public sector organisations. Yet with an average absence of 7.7 days per employee per year, a rise in ‘presenteeism’ and stress related absence increasing over the past year, isn’t it time to start taking a pro-active preventative approach to employee health and well-being?  Surely it makes business sense? http://www.cipd.co.uk/binaries/5632%20Annual%20AbMan%20SR%20(WEB).pdf


Kate Gare