{"id":3964,"date":"2018-02-20T13:18:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2022-05-04T21:38:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T21:38:02","slug":"uk-loses-38-million-days-year-employees-feigning-sickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/uk-loses-38-million-days-year-employees-feigning-sickness\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Loses 38 Million Days Each Year Because Of Employees Feigning Sickness"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Scotland had the highest number of employees (38%) \u2018pulling a sickie\u2019 in 2017, with the majority doing so to avoid a stressful situation at work<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Overall, out of all the employees who pretended to be sick, 18% confessed to being caught by their employer<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Collectively, the UK loses an astonishing 38 million days each year to employees feigning sickness \u2013 equivalent to the working days needed to build 2 Channel tunnels or 40 hospitals<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3967\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/feigning-sickness1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/feigning-sickness1.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/feigning-sickness1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/feigning-sickness1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/feigning-sickness1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/feigning-sickness1-287x190.png 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK Loses 38 Million Days Each Year Because Of Employees Feigning Sickness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Pulling a sickie\u2019 is familiar territory for employees, but an inconvenience for employers. Whilst many employers may be unsuspecting of a worker\u2019s absence, faking a sickness can negatively impact a business\u2019s performance in several ways.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, figures by BreatheHR shows that <strong>\u00a3357<\/strong> is the average cost to an employer for each worker who throws a sickie. The same research found they <strong>cost the UK an astronomical \u00a3900 million a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in sickness rates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adzuna<\/a> surveyed more than 3,500 employees to find out how many had \u2018pulled a sickie\u2019 in each UK region in 2017. Adzuna also sought to find out which industries had the most employees skiving off in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The findings revealed that employees <strong>in Scotland were the biggest offenders with 38% shockingly admitting to doing so.<\/strong> Business services was the industry in which it was most prevalent. Interestingly, the real reason the majority pulled a sickie in Scotland was because they wanted to avoid a stressful situation at work (e.g. meeting, presentation etc).<\/p>\n<p>Avoiding a stressful situation at work was also the number one reason amongst\u00a0 employees in the South West \u2013 who had the second highest sickie rate at 36%; with<br \/>\nthe computer software\/hardware industry seeing the highest rates of sickies.<\/p>\n<p>On the other end of the scale, <strong>the North East was the region which had the lowest number of employees who faked a sickness<\/strong>, with employees in the non-profit industry the most common. Childcare issues were the most citied reason for faking a sick day.<\/p>\n<p>Slightly above the North East was Northern Ireland, where 17% of employees faked their illness, with the Retail and wholesale trade most dominant. Surprisingly, the weather was the actual reoccurring motive behind those in Northern Ireland pulling a sickie.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, out of all those who admitted to faking being sick, 18% confessed to getting caught by their employer. Out of the 18% who got caught &#8211; 36% were given a verbal and\/or written warning, 24% an informal \u2018telling off\u2019, 22% faced no action and 18% were fired from their job.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, combing the data from the survey and that of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/employmentandlabourmarket\/peopleinwork\/employmentandemployeetypes\/datasets\/sicknessabsenceinthelabourmarket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Office of National Statistics (ONS)<\/a>, Adzuna produced an approximate estimate of how many days are lost to fabricated illnesses in each UK region.<\/p>\n<p>Collectively, <strong>the UK loses an astonishing 38 million days<\/strong> each year because of employees feigning sickness. To put this into context, the man hours lost by sickies in the UK in just one year, equates to the same number of working days to build two Channel tunnels, or 40 hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Monro, Co-Founder of Adzuna commented:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEmployees who \u2018bunk off\u2019, should consider the impact their absence could have on time sensitive projects or the subsequent increase in pressure on their colleagues. Those who have genuine reasons to avoid work, whether it\u2019s due to childcare issues, an internal dispute or something more personal, would be better advised to approach their employers to see if a reasonable solution can be agreed to.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland had the highest number of employees (38%) \u2018pulling a sickie\u2019 in 2017, with the majority doing so to avoid a stressful situation at work Overall, out of all the employees who pretended to be sick, 18% confessed to being caught by their employer Collectively, the UK loses an astonishing 38 million days each year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v19.7.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK Loses 38 Million Days Each Year Because Of Employees Feigning Sickness - 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