Long term employee sickness heavily impacts co-workers - Aviva UK Health

In addition, 71% reveal they'd be concerned about returning to work if they were off sick for a prolonged period of time The research, conducted to identify both employee and employer concerns about absence issues, showed long-term absence is not only an issue for over two-thirds of employers (69%) - it can also have a major impact on their staff. One in five (22%) get annoyed and feel overworked if they have to make up for a colleague's absence in the workplace. For some, these anxieties extend further, with one in ten employees (10%) worrying that the company will go out of busin...