August 21, 2006—A new Web site, organized by Bupa Health Insurance, allows businesses to calculate how much employee sick days are potentially costing their company. The site costofabsence.com, can provide a reading of sickness absence based upon the industry, postcode and the number of employees within an organization.
Ann Greenwood, Director of Business Markets for Bupa Health Insurance, commented: “Businesses need to understand the impact that sickness can have on them, in terms of their performance, productivity and efficiency, as well as the effect it will have on their employees.”
Bupa is the world’s largest provider of international expatriate health insurance, supplying quality individual and group medical cover to people who are in their home country or expatriates living and working abroad. For more information, see the Web site.
