Indication of the report on employment rates in Great Britain; Problems faced by Britain among its workers; Demand of the taskforce for Britain; Proportion of workers in the European Union reporting ...
LONDON — Along with sky-high inflation and energy costs, a Brexit-related trade tailspin and a recession in progress, the U.K. economy is being hammered by record numbers of workers reporting long-term sickness. The Office for National Statistics reported that between June and August 2022, a...
The CSJ wrote: "Britain is sick but being sick pays. "The total UC caseload has risen by 106% since March 2020 and the number of claimants with No Work Requirements has increased by 186%. "There are over 2.6 million people economically inactive because of long-term sickn...
Number of long-term sick hits record high of 2.6m COVID and flu vaccines rolled out to avoid potential 'twindemic' Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made cutting waiting lists one of his priorities for 2023, pledging in January that "lists will fall and people will get the care...
the number of people who are long-term sick is frighteningly high, the cost-of-living crisis has forced more students to look for work, new parents to take shorter career breaks, and many older workers to defer their plans for early retirement. What’s more, forward-looking surveys suggest...
‘often’. When you add it to the wider context that is seeing generally rising levels of people not working due to long-term sickness, having 20% of people needing to take stress leave at some point is very concerning. This is not the kind of leave you like to see a lot of on ...
This relates not only to being unemployed (not in work, but seeking employment), but also to those classed as being economically inactive (not in work and not seeking employment e.g. students, people looking after the family and home, long-term sick and disabled, temporarily sick and ...
Civil servant long-term sickness hits post-pandemic high in UK Ministry of Justice was department with highest average length of absence UK recruiters report fresh slowdown in hiring as planned tax rises bite Survey results will heighten investor concerns over stagflation threat in economy ...
The increase is a sharp bounceback from the low levels of absence at the peak of the pandemic when many workers were furloughed and social distancing led to a drop in minor illnesses. But it also marks a worrying reversal in the long-term trend: sickness rates have been in decline since ...
The number of long-term claimants (claiming over 5 years) with mental disorders increased by 87% from 2000 to 2011. Two-thirds of mental disorder claimants were classified as having a depressive or anxiety disorder. Common mental disorders may involve greater morbidity and social costs than ...