Income protection (IP) specialist, Cirencester Friendly, has released research which showed 27% of people have taken more than a month off of work due to ill-health or injury.
The provider also analysed absences by age, it showed that the rate of those taking a month or more off rises to 35% among those 55 and older. The figure also dropped to 14% for those under the age of 34. When the survey looked at those who had taken more than a month off, the average time spent absent was four and a half months. Of this group 12% had been off for between six and 12 months; 25% had taken more than a year off; and 11% believed they would never be able to return to work. Alan Waddington, distribution director, Cirencester Friendly, said: "These figures show spending a p...
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