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Reduction in Sickness Levels during the Pandemic

Peter

Hello,

I work for 2 local authorities and we have experienced a significant reduction in sickness across both organisations since lockdown. I am keen to hear from colleagues as to what their thoughts are on the reasons for this. The obvious reason is that many employess and managers have been working from home and this potentially has masked other absences but I'm interested in possible other factors?

Many thanks,

Peter

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  • Hi Peter,

    Yes, we have been the same too. I guess less people are reporting this working from home.

    With some illnesses I would imagine it would be that you are able to continue working from home with the flexibility of doing different hours and no commute.

    Another reason I think is due to all this social distancing we are less inclined to catch something. I know by now I have suffered several times with colds/ bugs , however have had nothing from lock down. (hopefully haven't jinxed this!).

    We also carried out a staff survey on working from home and found that the majority of employees stated that they felt less stressed working from home and their mental health is the best it has ever been.

    I guess a lot of these factors would help. Is WFH the way forward.
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