An improving economic outlook?

At long last the economic outlook appears to be improving slightly and employer confidence is slowly on the increase.

Employing more staff means an increase in overheads / costs, and when those employees take time off due to sickness or holiday this often adds additional workload and has cost implications.

How much does employee absence cost an organisation?

This will obviously depend upon the size of organisation and number of employees.  A lot of organisations don’t know the cost or account for absenteeism.  Do you have any idea what the cost of sickness absence in your business costs you per annum?  The average employee will have 5-days off sick per year; so depending on the number of your employees, salary and other working conditions this could cost you quite a significant amount.

The average holiday allowance in addition to bank holidays is 28-days per annum.  Again, depending on the salary paid and number of employees this can again be quite costly to an organisation.

What do you do for long-term sick, holiday cover or those people that need to temporarily reduce their working hours?

Most people muddle through and take the strain, but running your own business is time consuming enough without taking on more mundane if essential tasks.

There is another option.  A number of smaller companies now look to employ help from people like myself, who can offer support on a self-employed basis, who have a wide variety of skills, can provide flexible working, holiday or other cover, or even contract on a regular basis to avoid employing someone to begin with.

The economic outlook may tentatively be improving, but why not look at an alternative option to the cost involved in employing staff.  Your time is valuable, so why not consider someone like me to help with admin and other business tasks that you could do without doing?

If you would like to know more please contact me.