A recent study showed that the Yorkshire and Humberregion topped the regional league table for absenteeism, with 8.9 days lost per worker in 2005.
The overall sickness absence rate was 3.1% in 2005 (7.1 working days lost per employee). This compares to 3.6% in 2004 (8.1 days lost per employee).
Nationally, the cost to the economy of lost days was £13bn.
[source:- EEF Sickness Absence Survey ……. The EEF’s 2006 Sickness Absence survey was carried out in March 2006 amongst 622 companies covering 121,277 employees].