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Private Sector Sickness Rate Falls Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

May 1, 2026
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New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show Britain lost 148.8 million working days to sickness absence. That is 9.8 million more than 2019 The ONS reports: “The sickness absence rate was 2.9 for public sector employees and 1.7 for those working in the private sector. Compared with 2024, the sickness absence rate

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