The very practical issue of calculating the costs to the company of employee absence is discussed. The article is based on the research carried out by the authors of their recently published book, Managing Employee Absence for a Competitive Edge , an acronym for the seven‐step approach to...

Employee absence costs British industry £5 billion per year; 200 million working days are lost annually. The average shopfloor worker takes eleven days off each year. In their book, Managing Employee Absence for a Competitive Edge , the authors recommend a systematic seven‐step approach to...