Unhappy workplaces needs tackling to stop UK heading sick leave table

Employers have to make their workers happiness a higher priority to stop the UK heading the European sick leave table, claims a leading space management software company.The country’s workforce has more sick days than any other European country, and twice as many as the US with mental health issues the single most widespread cause of long term absence from the workplace. “It’s a real economic concern, illustrated recently by health body BUPA, which said that over £29 billion pounds is lost annually to the UK economy, with mental health cited again as the major issue,” said Gerry Brennan,