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Employee Health, Work, and Sickness Absence: Qualitative Research
Research to understand employees' experience of sickness absence and their general experience of managing health and wellbeing at work.
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This report outlines the findings from qualitative interviews with 75 employees, who took sickness absences from work and/or had long-term health conditions. The aim of this qualitative research was to understand employees’ experience of sickness absence and their general experience of managing health and wellbeing at work.
This qualitative report was jointly published alongside the survey of employees and self-employed workers 2024 to 2025 quantitative report.
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Published 20 January 2026