Rise of workplace presenteeism linked to job insecurity, research reveals

The rise of presenteeism in the workplace is directly related to a lack of security on one’s job, experts have recently argued.

Nine out of ten UK employees (92%) have gone into work despite being sick this year and the top reason for presenteeism is the fear of not getting paid, according to new research from insurer, Holloway.co.uk.

Other reasons revealed by the survey include being scared to get into trouble (22%), not wanting to fall behind on work (11%), thinking they could just get through their illness (9%) and having called in sick too many times (6%).

The issue of presenteeism is affecting a very large number of UK workers, as the CIPD reported back in May that over 86% of organisations surveyed had observed presenteeism over the last 12 months, compared with 72% in 2018 and just 26% in 2010. They attribute this in part to a rise in work-related stress, anxiety and depression.

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) also show the number of working days lost due to absence illness has fallen to the lowest rate on record, with employees taking on average 4.1 days sick in 2017, compared to 7.2 days in 1993.

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