The average UK employee takes 7.4 days off sick a year at an average cost to employers of £692 per employee per year, a new CIPD survey has shown.  However, only 41% of employers monitor the cost of employee absence in their organisation.

The CIPD's tenth national survey of absence management policy and practice looks at the rates, costs and causes of employee absence, discusses how to manage absence and examines employee absence in the recession. It’s available to download here.