Threat to health | Disturbing research reveals that staff 'can't afford' to take time off for illness

If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that illness happens, and that we cannot prevent it.

It’s a simple truth of being human that our bodies are susceptible to breaking down. Naturally, this is inevitably going to happen in working hours on occasion.

And whilst some people would simply call in sick and try to relax, the disturbing truth is that the vast majority of workers do not have this luxury. Most workers cannot afford to be ill.

A recent survey conducted by CIPHR, which gathered responses from over 2,000 employees across various industries, found that fear of losing wages has pushed two-thirds (64%) of those with in-person roles, compared to nearly two-fifths of remote and hybrid workers (38% and 38% respectively), to attend work when they were unwell because they couldn’t afford not to.