Making the business case for employee health and wellbeing.
Better employee support drives productivity. But your wellbeing strategy needs to start with a business case that your Finance Director will support. Prepare your first financial analysis here with our unique, free tool.
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Absence, productivity, and effective wellbeing management are intrinsically linked. But without a clear understanding of the financial and operational costs of absence, building a compelling business case for wellbeing investment is almost impossible.
Our Impact of Absence Calculator identifies a range of direct and indirect costs associated with employee absence, helping you to address the full impact and take informed steps to drive measurable improvement within your organisation.
Ready to start building a compelling, data-backed case for employee wellbeing? Get started below.
Impact of Absence Calculator.
Unplanned leave is a lagging indicator of poor employee wellbeing. To prepare a CFO-friendly business case for more effective employee support, you first need to estimate the current impact of employee absence on your organisation .
This free calculator will provide a detailed summary of your costs and risks today. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete, and when you’ve finished, we'll mail your report straight to your inbox.
Impact of Absence per year: Your summary
Calculated using GoodShape® Workplace Wellbeing Database derived from over 200 UK employers.
These results do not account for unreported absences.
Results have been weighted to account for unreported absence.
These results do not account for unreported absences.
Results have been weighted to account for unreported absence.
Procedural & Systemic Risks
Most employers fail to record employee absences accurately. On average 18.9% of absences are missed. Estimate the percentage of unreported absences in your organisation.
Sub-Totals
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Total impact
Policy breaches during this period
Cases of Non-compliant returns to work:
Mental wellbeing risks
Cost of absences due to mental health: