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Description: Formula - Short term sickness Absence (FTE days per employee) is calculated by taking the total number of days absence (short term) over financial year and divinding by the average number of FTE over the financial yearDefinition - Short term absence: up to and including 20days/one calendar month (in working days). 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 year (beginning on the 1 April and ending on the 31 March).

Help text: Rationale:

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

Definition:

Formula -

Short term sickness Absence (FTE days per employee) is calculated by taking the total number of days absence (short term) over financial year and divinding by the average number of FTE over the financial year

Definition -

Short term absence: up to and including 20days/one calendar month (in working days).

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 year (beginning on the 1 April and ending on the 31 March).

Further details:

This annual survey is conducted by LGA Research and Information. The survey is sent to all heads of human resources in England between June and September. Please note the response rate of this survey varies from year to year, and further information can be found at http://new.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1254939

Additionally, not all authorities consent to share their data in LG Inform. Employees covered by the questionnaire include all directly employed staff (including school based support staff) and excludes teachers and all staff in fire services.

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