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Sickness absence FTE days per employee (FQ) (12483) Metric type

URI
http://id.esd.org.uk/metricType/12483
Help text
Rationale:

This indicator is collected through the Local Government Workforce Survey. The question is: 'Please complete the following table and provide the sickness absence rate for the current financial year?'

Definition:

Formula -

Sickness Absence (FTE days per employee) is calculated by taking the Total number of days absence over financial year and divinding by the average number of FTE over the financial year

Definition -

The sickness absence calculation should include all staff (including school based support staff), but exclude teachers and all staff in fire services. It should be calculated for the financial quarter.
Modified
16 Dec 2020
Data last updated
24 Apr 2024
Also known as
  • Sickness Absence rate
Short label
Sickness absence rate (FQ)
Status
Live
Output precision
1
Polarity
a low value is good
Measure
Days/FTE
Dataset
Workforce Quarterly Benchmarking
Collection
Workforce Survey
Source
Local Government Association
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