Sickies and Long-Term Absence give Employers a Headache – CBI/AXA Survey 24/11/2009
This document describes the emerging gap between public and private sector absence rates in the UK.
Absence from work cost the UK economy £13.2 billion last year as teh average employee took almost seven (6.7) days off sick, while the gulf between absence rates in the public sector and the provate sector grew to a record level. The survey highlights the need for a new approach to the management of long-term absence
Third ProMenPol Conference Successfully Completed 20/10/2009
The third ProMenPol Conference took place in Berlin on the 8th and 9th of October. This years attendance was larger than ever with approximately, 90 people attended this invitational only international conference . All Conference Presentations are now available online.
Somewhere To Turn To, Someone To Talk To 01/05/2009
Headstrong launched its foundation document “Somewhere To Turn To, Someone To Talk To” which describes a new way of thinking about and working with young people to support their mental health.
Almost two in three young people in Ireland are ‘unable to cope with the problems they face’ according to a new report launched on 25th March by Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, with the support of QUINN-healthcare.
The report yields the following findings:
1. Only 38% of young people report being able to cope with the problems they face;
2. Only 64% report having an adult available to them to talk through their problems regularly;
3. 47% of respondents report having been bullied at some point in their life;
4. 10% have had serious problems and have not sought professional help.
The report proposes a solution to the current thinking and way of working with young people which will significantly enhance the mental health and well-being of future generations of Irish teenagers.
Eurofound Publishes European Quality of Life Survey Results 01/04/2009
Eurofound’s second European quality of life survey (EQLS), which was carried out in 2007, offers a wide-ranging view of the diverse social realities in the 27 Member States, as well as covering Norway and the candidate countries of Turkey, Macedonia and Croatia.
Many of the questions asked in the first EQLS in 2003 were asked again, on such issues as employment, income, education, housing, family, health, work–life balance, life satisfaction and perceived quality of society. Being in possession of two sets of data will allow the research team to gauge how people’s lives have changed in the intervening years.
Data from EQLS and other complementary sources also feed the Eurofound’s electronic database of statistical quality of life indicators (EurLIFE).