Employee leave requests are on the rise. They jumped between 21% and 40% in 2022, and they are expected to increase by 41% to 60% this year, according to a new survey of 600 corporate and human resource leaders in organizations with more than 500 employees.
The 2023 Employee Leave of Absence Forecast Survey, recently released by AbsenceSoft (a leading SaaS platform for leave and accommodation management), highlights this urgent workforce challenge and reveals how company leaders plan to address the issue.
The top three drivers of leave-request increases were sick-related requests, burnout and other mental wellness reasons, and to care for a loved one (via the Family Leave and Medical Act).
Complete your profile to continue reading and get FREE access to BenefitsPRO, part of your ALM digital membership.
Your access to unlimited BenefitsPRO content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
