How to reduce absence and retain staff whilst satisfying your commitment to care for your team's health
As an employer, you know that days lost due to ill health have a detrimental effect on the workplace. Not only does it mean you lose an employee’s output for the days when they’re off, but their colleagues can be negatively affected as they try to plug the gap whilst they are on sick leave.
If the employee is off for a really long time, the knock-on effects can lead to low morale and ultimately a high turnover, as staff leave due to the extra pressure.
So caring for the health and well-being of your team and putting support strategies and services in place to help your workforce return to work quickly after being ill can really help you retain staff and keep your company productive.
So, what stops employees from returning to work quickly? And what solutions are there from employee benefits companies that could help them?
1. Slow access to medical care
Often, employees are delayed getting back to work by the simple fact it takes them a really long time to access medical help. We all know the pressures the NHS is under; sometimes even getting an appointment with your local GP as the first point of contact takes days, weeks or months.
Our GP Service eliminates GP waiting times and can reduce the length of time staff need to take off work when poorly. Available from 8 am to 8 pm, seven days a week, your employees can get access to a virtual GP consultation either online or over the phone, whenever they need it.
All of this ensures that your team can access outstanding medical care quickly, reducing the time they are suffering and getting them back to work as fast as possible.
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2. Unaffordable medical treatments
It seems that rarely a day passes without another headline about how the cost of living is increasing. With household incomes being squeezed like never before, finding the money to invest in medical treatments for conditions that are making staff take time off work can be extremely difficult.
This is where our Everyday Health Cash Plan can help. This benefit gives your employees the ability to claim money back off specific medical treatments and services.
Employees can get money back on treatments such as optical appointments, dental treatment, physiotherapy and acupuncture. They also get access to Doctorline (a 24-hour online and telephone GP service), helping them get medical support quickly.
The Everyday Health Cash Plan makes medical treatment affordable for your employees, meaning they can get treatment and get back to work promptly.
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3. Long waiting lists
Often, employees know exactly what treatment they need. But the long waiting lists that can plague our local NHS trust can mean employees languish at home, frustrated and in pain.
Our Private Health Insurance gives your employees access to quick surgical treatment for a selection of non-urgent conditions, including slipped disks, cataracts, hip replacements and hernias.
Your staff can get treated sooner and back to work quicker, meaning your team can enjoy the best possible health and have fewer days off. All of this helps to keep productivity as high as possible. The importance of health insurance for employees cannot be overstated.
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Put health first, and reduce staff absence
The key to reducing staff absence and keeping productivity as high as possible is to provide your staff with the tools they need to get back to work as quickly as possible. Staff need to be diagnosed quickly and treated quickly so that they can get on with giving their best to their employer. Our employee perks and benefits solutions make this possible.
