Managing Presenteeism

Presenteeism means reduced productivity when employees come to work and are not fully engaged or perform at lower levels as a result of ill health. The Centre for Mental Health calculated that presenteeism from mental ill health alone costs the UK economy £15.1 billion per annum, while absenteeism costs £8.4 billion.

Managing Presenteeism Document
Date published
May 2011
Managing Presenteeism [538kb PDF]

Presenteeism means reduced productivity when employees come to work and are not fully engaged or perform at lower levels as a result of ill health.

Why manage it?
Centre for Mental Health calculated that presenteeism from mental ill health alone costs the UK economy £15.1 billion per annum, while absenteeism costs £8.4 billion.

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