Our aim at Absence Anonymous is to bring you the most up to date research on UK absence levels, trends, causes and management. Here you will find the surveys and reports we have found to be the most comprehensive in 2008.

CIPD Annual Absence Survey
The CIPD produces a series of annual surveys and reports providing analysis on current and topical issues. The 2008 annual absence benchmarking survey contains data on rates, targets, causes and costs of absence, stress and absence management. It looks at how organisations manage absence, with data on the approaches used and respondents’ views of their effectiveness. A series of case studies looks at the experience of John Lewis, Eaton Hydraulics Ltd, Strathclyde Police and UCAS.
Employee absenteeism - CIPD survey 2008


CBI/AXA Absence and labour turnover survey 2008
Absence from work cost the UK economy £13.2 billion last year as the average employee took almost seven (6.7) days off sick, while the gulf between absence rates in the public sector and the private sector grew to a record level. The latest CBI / AXA Absence Survey showed that average absence levels across the public sector stood at nine days, which is 55% higher than the 5.8 day average of the private sector. The private sector improved its absence levels over 2007, while the public sector stood still. £1.4bn of taxpayers' money could be saved if public sector organisations matched the private sector average.
Industry absence surveys

For a full copy of the report ‘Attending to absence: absence and labour turnover 2008’, it is available for purchase from the CBI bookshop on +44 (0)207 242 6393, by visiting www.tsoshop.co.uk and following the links to the CBI pages or email london.bookshop@tso.co.uk