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The Long & Short of it: The Compounding Cost of Sickness - Workshop Audit part 5

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/fan_mail/new] Workshop Audit part 5 - Compounding the cost of Long and Short Term Sickness in the Workplace Runtime: 15 mins Target: HR, Employers. Researchers. CFO, CEO. Don't forget your figures from part 4, and have notes open or a pen and paper handy. In our latest episode, we dive deep into the impact of short-term vs. long-term sickness absence and how it can reveal toxic workplace cultures. Did you know that the average employee takes 9.4 days off sick each year? That's nearly two full weeks of lost productivity! Short-term absences might seem common, but it's those long-term cases that can wreak havoc on your team's morale and finances. Mental health issues are now the leading cause of these long-term absences, making it crucial for organizations to understand the underlying causes. Let’s break this down: - Short-term sickness accounts for most absences but has lower costs. - A few long-term cases can result in significant financial impact. - Understanding these dynamics can help you identify potential toxic environments. When you know your numbers, you can take action! This is not just about managing sickness, but about fostering a healthier workplace overall. LINKS CIPD Sick days [https://www.cipd.org/uk/about/press-releases/workplace-absence-soars-nearly-two-working-weeks-each-year/] RED Edge Newsletter [https://the-chronicedge.kit.com/ad42d4a58d]  #Chronicedge #WorkplaceWellbeing #SicknessAbsence #MentalHealthMatters #ToxicCulture Thank you for watching, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge. If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge. This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/support] Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge. If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge. This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started. Want to know more? For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed  [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-bdE9J3XqYhg_42nlw4rg] The Chronic Edge Institute is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden. Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHBKGKH] Free employee Playbook and Employer Toolkit coming soon. Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

Your Employer Playbook to Arthritis in the Workplace: Stop bleeding talent & cash

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/fan_mail/new] Arthritis in the Workplace - Your Employer Playbook: Stop bleeding talent and cash. Illness is not a burden Series 1: Episode 12 Run time 17 mins approx. Target: HR, CFO, CEOs who want real ROI, not virtue signalling. This one is aimed squarely at the boardroom.  Elliot lays out the cold cost of doing nothing (23.4 million lost days, £3 billion+ hit, talent walking out the door), the legal hammers (Equality Act 2010 and ADA – ignore at your financial peril), zero-to-low-cost support measures that actually work, the exact reasonable adjustments and tools that deliver 15-25% productivity lifts, how to redeploy people from the sales floor or factory into high-value training/product development roles instead of losing them entirely, and the hard ROI numbers that prove disability-inclusive workplaces outperform everyone else on revenue, retention, and innovation. Working through unmanaged pain is debilitating for your people and lethal for your P&L.  The right support doesn’t just save money – it builds anti-fragile teams, cuts recruitment spend, and turns lived adversity into competitive advantage.  Do nothing and you’re choosing expensive failure.  Get this right and you stop hemorrhaging talent and start winning. These three episodes form a complete, no-holds-barred system: the problem, the employee fix, and the employer multiplier.  Share the whole series – it’s the brutal truth your workplace desperately needs.  Links below: Arthritis UK State of MSK Health 2025 & left waiting, left behind report  [https://www.arthritis-uk.org/information-and-support/support-and-resources/arthritis-uk-resource-library/arthritis-uk-reports/] Equality Act 2010 [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents] ADA Guidence  [https://www.ada.gov/resources/] Access to Work [https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work] JAN resources [https://askjan.org/] York Health Economics  [https://www.york.ac.uk/che/] RED Edge Newsletter signup [https://the-chronicedge.kit.com/ad42d4a58d]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/support] Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge. If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge. This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started. Want to know more? For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed  [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-bdE9J3XqYhg_42nlw4rg] The Chronic Edge Institute is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden. Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHBKGKH] Free employee Playbook and Employer Toolkit coming soon. Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

Trust the Process: Life after Diagnosis - Behind the Edge Arsenal Edition

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/fan_mail/new] Trigger Warning - Illness on show with sniffles, and talk about Arsenal FC. The plan for this week's Behind the Edge show was to talk about my arthritis but my team, Arsenal FC won the premier league the night before, and I woke up on my birthday to seeing them in the papers as Champions for the first time in 22 years, that doing an adhoc episode was too good an opportunity to turn down. For years us fans, the teams and everyone connected with the club have been told they weren't good enough, they'd never make it, always the bridesmaid never the bride, much like those of us with chronic illness in some ways, you're economically inactive, a burden, you can't be successful, it'll be too hard for you, just give it up. But on the 20th of May 2026, every paper around the world saw how much their teams success meant to them, finally achieving their goal to reach the top of the league. So many people who have barriers like chains holding them down, struggle to break through them and unleash their edge with the fire in their hearts, but those who have, achieve the unthinkable and pave the way for the rest of us to thrive with life after their diagnosis, and that is who this episode is for. As you know I don't tend to edit my videos and treat them like a livestream because chronic illness is my reality without the opportunity of an edit or replay so do excuse my sniffles, about 24 hours later my conjunctivitis kicked in and I've struggled with reading and typing today but still got sh!t done. This is my reality, let me help you unleash yours.  #arsenal #trusttheprocess #lifeafterdiagnosis #thechronicedge #illnessisnotaburden #arsenalfc #unleashyouredge Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/support] Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge. If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge. This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started. Want to know more? For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed  [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-bdE9J3XqYhg_42nlw4rg] The Chronic Edge Institute is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden. Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHBKGKH] Free employee Playbook and Employer Toolkit coming soon. Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

Arthritis in the Workplace - Strategies for the Arthritic Employee: Illness is NOT a burden

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/fan_mail/new] Runtime - 34 mins. Arthritis in the Workplace - Your no-BS survival guide as the employee living with arthritis. For: Anyone with arthritis trying to keep their career alive. If you're in pain at your desk but scared to say anything this is your weapon. We cut through the fear: Disclosure risks (and why hiding still screws you harder), UK Equality Act and US ADA protections that actually work when you need to use them, the exact reasonable adjustments that move the needle, the cheap tools (ergonomic keyboards, sit-stand desks, voice-to-text) that keep your joints from self-destructing, pacing and advocacy strategies to stretch your working life by years, and the careers that won't destroy you versus the ones that will. We don't do inspiration p0rn here at The Chronic Edge, just the facts, the data, and the pain to prove that illness is not a burden, ignorance is. The fact is, working with un-managed pain is debilitating and career-ending for 39% of people. But armed with legal info, the gear, and the right role, you stop surviving and start delivering value only someone who's already adapted to adversity can bring. Companies win when they keep you - and you finally own your worth. It's time to unleash the edge, in your career, your business, and your life! LINKS Equality Act 2010: Equality Act 2010 [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents] ADA: https://www.ada.gov/resources/ Access to work (UK) : Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK [https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work] JAN accommodations (USA) :  JAN - Job Accommodation Network [https://askjan.org/] Arthritis UK: Arthritis UK | A future free from arthritis [https://www.arthritis-uk.org/] EEOC: Home | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [https://www.eeoc.gov/] Accenture disability inclusion studies: Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace | Accenture [https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/about/inclusion-diversity-index] #arthritis #workplacewellness #strategiesforarthritis #reasonableadjustments #thechronicedge #illnessisnotaburden   Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/support] Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge. If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge. This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started. Want to know more? For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed  [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-bdE9J3XqYhg_42nlw4rg] The Chronic Edge Institute is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden. Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHBKGKH] Free employee Playbook and Employer Toolkit coming soon. Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

Calculating the real cost of Absenteeism: Audit Workshop part 4

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/fan_mail/new] Episode 4: Calculating the real cost of Absenteeism - Audit workshop part 4. 10% of your team absent for 4 hours a day? That single habit could be quietly costing your business tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds every year. In this episode, we get practical. You'll discover exactly how to calculate the real financial impact of unathorised absenteeism. The late starts, early finishes, extended breaks, and daily distractions, using simple, real-world maths you can apply to your own organisation straight away. Drawing on Gallup's workplace research and Deloitte's lost-productivity data, we breakdown a clear 100-employee example and show you how to turn raw timesheet data into hard numbers: Daily costs, annual losses, and why this visible drain often represents 5-8% of your total people costs. You'll leave with a quick, actionable exercise: Calculate your own rough daily and annual absenteeism cost in under 20 minutes, and identify whether it's already a red flag in your team. If you've ever wondered why your payroll feels heavy but output feels light, then this episode gives you the keys to the missing piece. Listen now and start plugging one of the most visible leaks in your business. Our next episode we are unlocking the strategies to assist employees with arthritis in our illness is not a burden series - Subscribe so you don't miss it! For a full diagnostic CEDAR report or our full workshop of the audit and more, contact us and mention this podcast for a special listener offer. Links: Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2026 report - State of the Global Workplace | 2026 Global Data Summary - Gallup [https://www.gallup.com/workplace/697904/state-of-the-global-workplace-global-data.aspx] Deloitte UK Mental Health Report (£51bn) - Poor mental health costs UK employers £51 billion a year for employees | Deloitte UK [https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/about/press-room/poor-mental-health-costs-uk-employers-51-billion-a-year-for-employees.html] #absenteeism #workplaceproductivity #HRMetrics #wellbeingroi #employeeabsence #businesscosts #UKbusiness2026 Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158715/support] Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge. If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge. This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started. Want to know more? For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed  [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-bdE9J3XqYhg_42nlw4rg] The Chronic Edge Institute is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden. Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHBKGKH] Free employee Playbook and Employer Toolkit coming soon. Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.