The hidden cost of poor absence management in SMEs
By Charlotte Dean, founder and managing director of P3 People Management
For small and medium-sized businesses, employee absence isn’t just an inconvenience. It’s a silent drain on productivity, morale, and profitability.
According to the Office for National Statistics, nearly 149 million work days were lost to sickness or injury in 2024. The question isn’t whether your team will experience absence, but how well you’ll manage it when it happens.
At P3 People Management, we’ve seen first hand how SMEs struggle with t... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
