Mental ill health is the second largest cause of time lost due to sickness absence in UK organisations with stress, depression, and anxiety accounting for over 50% of these mental health problems, according to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Active Health Partners (AHP).
The findings -- drawn from a unique analysis of the real absence records of 30,000 employees working across 40 different organisations -- are captured in the new report, 'New Directions in Managing Employee Absence'.
The number one cause of time lost due to sickness absence is musculoskeletal conditions. However it is the evidence on mental ill health which the Government will find particularly worrying in view of the huge increase in the proportion of people claiming incapacity benefit over the last ten years who have mental health problems. |
