Traditional, gendered attitudes are proving difficult to shift - twice as many #fathers as #mothers believe flexible workers are viewed as less committed to their job and more than twice the number of fathers believe working flexibly will have a negative impact on their career. #Presenteeism seems to be alive and well in 2017.

Unsurprisingly this 'flexibility gap'; between what working parents want, and are entitled to ask for, and the culture and attitudes they come up against in the #workplace breeds negativity. Overall more than a third of parents told us they felt resentful towards their employer about their work life balance. Nearly half of fathers have lied or bent the truth at work about their family responsibilities.

#WorkCulture #CorporateCulture #OrganisationalCulture #Workforce #ManagingEmployees #PeopleManagement #EngagingEmployees #WorkManagement #WorkforceManagement #WorkLife
Let’s End The Zero Sum Game For Parents At Work
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sarah-jackson1/lets-end-the-zero-sum-gam_b_14172400.html

Research by Simplyhealth and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) shows ' #presenteeism' is on the rise. The 2015 survey showed that in the preceding 12 months, a third of firms reported a rise in employees working when they’re sick, and this has some pretty clear negative effects on #employeewellbeing. Organisations that have noticed an increase in presenteeism are nearly twice as likely to report an increase in stress-related absence and more than twice as likely to report an increase in mental health problems among their staff too.

#Leaders and #managers set the tone, and have a responsibility not just to their organisation but also to the #wellbeing of their employees. To perform at their best, people need to be well both physically and mentally. If businesses want employees who are engaged and motivated, then employees need to feel that their #organisation, their managers and bosses are supporting them, and not pressuring them to work when they are not properly fit.

#OrganisationalCulture #WorkCulture #CorporateCulture #Workplace #EmployeeWellness #PeopleManagement #WorkforceManagement #Workforce #ManagingEmployees #Leadership
Presenteeism is rising fast – and only bosses can stop it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/19/hillary-clinton-working-presenteeism

The results are in: our recent poll reveals that over 90% of workplaces are screening #worldcup games to avoid unauthorised absences #presenteeism #absencemanagement

Just because your #employees are at work doesn't mean they're focused or productive. Our CEO discusses the issue of #presenteeism with @FinancialPost. http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/theres-a-problem-with-presenteeism-at-work/wcm/d009807a-96d1-4032-b1e3-34c22095895d #ProfessionalWellnessMonth

Do you find yourself staying late in the office all the time? You could be suffering from #presenteeism http://ow.ly/ZGKt30jybxp

However, while absenteeism certainly is an issue that creates a big loss to the economy, is it #presenteeism – absenteeism’s steadfast yet misguided cousin – that’s actually costing your small business more?

It can be an employee’s biggest dilemma – should you go into the office when ill? A recent article in The Telegraph (25th August 2017) highlights the growing problem of presenteeism – a word coined as the opposite of absenteeism to describe this problem.

"Professor Sir Cary Cooper at Manchester University has referred to it as the biggest threat to UK workplace productivity, costing the UK economy almost twice as much as absenteeism."

#absenteeism #JonathanSteffenLimited #LindaBlair #office #officeculture #officemanagers #OnOurDesks #presenteeism #productivity #ProfessorSirCaryCooper #TheTelegraph #workplace

http://www.jonathansteffenlimited.com/the-dangers-of-presenteeism/

Don't think of #WorkplaceWellness initiatives as a cost, but as an investment. https://hbr.org/2004/10/presenteeism-at-work-but-out-of-it #EmployeeHealth #HR #Presenteeism

#HR #sick #illness #workers #UK #employees #presenteeism