The business case
Do you know what unplanned absenteeism is costing your organisation?
Why invest in Health and wellbeing?
8.8 days
The average number of unscheduled absences per employee per year
$578
The estimated average cost to employers, per employee, per absent day
$44 billion
The estimated annual cost to the Australian economy from absenteeism per year
3X more
productive hours are achieved per month by healthy employees than those with poor health
$5.81
The estimated average amount saved for every $1 invested in employee health and wellbeing
What is absenteeism costing you?
All employers know unplanned absenteeism is a significant cost. But do you know just how much? Use the below calculator to estimate how much absenteeism is currently costing your organisation.
1.Australian HR Institute (AHRI) HR Pulse survey on Absence Management Report, March 2016, https://www.ahri.com.au/media/1197/absence-management-report_final-web.pdf
2. AIG Absenteeism & Presenteeism Survey Report 2015
3. Australian Government, Comcare, Effective Health and Wellbeing Programs report, 2010, https://www.comcare.gov.au/about/forms-publications/documents/publications/safety/effective-health-and-wellbeing-programs-report.pdf
4. Medibank Private, 2005 The health of Australia's workforce, https://www.medibank.com.au/Client/Documents/Pdfs/The_health_of_Australia%27s_workforce.pdf
5. The Health & Productivity Institute of Australia (HAPIA), Best-Practice Guidelines Workplace Health in Australia, 2010, https://www.healthierwork.act.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/HAPIA-Best-Practice-Guidelines.pdf
