Add to ORKGThe annual cost of absenteeism from the workplace in the UK has been estimated to be over 1% of GDP. The traditional approach to a discussion of absence has been for the firm to passively accept both wages and sick pay and allow workers to choose their absence behaviour. Most empirical research has been based on this approach. However, if absence is costly why should firms pay extra-statutory sick pay? One reason may be the phenomena of presenteeism (ill workers attending work). This may adversely affect productivity. This paper shows that allowing for presenteeism has important implications for both the design of optimal wage-sick pay contracts and for the interpretation of empirical studies. Specifically, we show that firms will offer a l...
We analyse the impact of a social security reform that changed the costs incurred by firms due to si...
The term ‘presenteeism’ refers to situations where employees continue to attend work while they are ...
This paper examines the effect of the replacement rule of the Finnish sickness insurance syst...
The annual cost of absenteeism from the workplace in the UK has been estimated to be over 1% of GDP....
The cost of absenteeism in the UK has been estimated to be £12 billion per annum. If productivity is...
The annual cost of absenteeism from the workplace in the UK has been estimated to be over 1% of GDP....
Economists have been somewhat remiss in dealing with the issue of worker absence. This is surprising...
Absenteeism has been variously defined by the Authorities from time to time. Thus the term Absenteei...
Employers who do not provide paid sick days may feel it is too expensive to pay for workers who do n...
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exp...
Introduction: Presenteeism is defined as continuing to attend work during illness. As a growing heal...
Sickness absences possess severe impacts on company productivity. Existing research shows that firms...
Absenteeism is an important feature of the labour market, imposing significant costs on employers an...
This paper brings new evidence on the relationship between employees' well being, sickness absence a...
This doctoral thesis deals with sickness absence and economic incentives. It analyzes how economic i...
We analyse the impact of a social security reform that changed the costs incurred by firms due to si...
The term ‘presenteeism’ refers to situations where employees continue to attend work while they are ...
This paper examines the effect of the replacement rule of the Finnish sickness insurance syst...
The annual cost of absenteeism from the workplace in the UK has been estimated to be over 1% of GDP....
The cost of absenteeism in the UK has been estimated to be £12 billion per annum. If productivity is...
The annual cost of absenteeism from the workplace in the UK has been estimated to be over 1% of GDP....
Economists have been somewhat remiss in dealing with the issue of worker absence. This is surprising...
Absenteeism has been variously defined by the Authorities from time to time. Thus the term Absenteei...
Employers who do not provide paid sick days may feel it is too expensive to pay for workers who do n...
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exp...
Introduction: Presenteeism is defined as continuing to attend work during illness. As a growing heal...
Sickness absences possess severe impacts on company productivity. Existing research shows that firms...
Absenteeism is an important feature of the labour market, imposing significant costs on employers an...
This paper brings new evidence on the relationship between employees' well being, sickness absence a...
This doctoral thesis deals with sickness absence and economic incentives. It analyzes how economic i...
We analyse the impact of a social security reform that changed the costs incurred by firms due to si...
The term ‘presenteeism’ refers to situations where employees continue to attend work while they are ...
This paper examines the effect of the replacement rule of the Finnish sickness insurance syst...