Success stories
Case Study: B2B Service Provider
Situation
- Absence levels 9% or 20 days per employee per year
- Lack of quality data and management information
- Incidences of long term cases, with significant increases relating to stress and muscularskeletal causes
- Little evidence of Occupational Health (OH) intervention making any impact on preventing long term absences
- Slow referral and reporting processes
Results
Initial annual investment recouped in the first month
Estimated direct and indirect combined cost of £4 million
Absence reduced from 8% to 2.2% in 15 months
£2 million efficiency saving
Case Study: Manufacturer
Situation
- The UK operations of a global automotive technology manufacturer
- Inconsistent application of absence policy and lack of line management accountability
- Paper-based data capture and incomplete management information
- Frequent unplanned absence required a large temporary labour force (over 20% of total headcount)
Results
Case Study: Private Hospital Provider
Situation
- Absence was high (at a rate of 8% or 18 days per employee per year)
- No standardised process to support the management of absenteeism
- The role of occupational health was limited due partly to a dependency on management who tended to refer cases slowly
Results
Initial annual investment into Absencecare recouped in the first month
Absence reduction from 8% to 2.8% in 15 months
8% absence cost approximately £4 million in pay
- Over £800,000 achieved in annual savings by eliminating overpayment of salary to absentees
- 75% of absentees must be replaced with agency staff - £3.5 million estimated annual saving in replacement costs