A published survey from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD), suggests more employers are using "Well-being" schemes as a means to reduce absenteeism - 18th July 2007

Recent research shows that employee sickness absence is on the increase. this had led to employers looking more seriously at schemes that were previously thought to be too sympathetic to their employees to be taken seriously.

Well being schemes are now being adopted by more employers in the UK. The schemes focus on counselling and re-introduction to the workplace for long term injured or ill employees whilst also dealing with short term absence, genuine or not. The link between good health and sound business management seems finally to have been made.

People injured in the workplace may be able to make accident compensation claims for pain and suffering compensation as well as pursuing recovery of their wages if they were not paid whilst absent from work.

The survey questioned over hundreds of organisations, and revealed employee well-being has recently gained favour with management teams who previously deemed the projects a waste of money.

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