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COVID vs Flu: How to Tell the Difference This Winter
As we are in the time of seasonal sniffles, the winter flu season has already had health officials in the UK worried, coming five weeks earlier than usual. Normally, people get the cold, flu, or COVID throughout the year, but during the colder months, cases increase. This year, specifically, the ...
Preparing for Flu Season 2025: What Employers Should Be Doing Now
Sickness absence is one of the most difficult challenges a business will face, and the number of lost days caused by sickness absence is a huge cost a business has to manage. Flu is one of the most common causes of sickness absence and given the size of this issue and that the flu season ...
Flu Jab Myths Busted: What Employers Should Communicate to Staff
Employers have a duty of care to protect the health and wellbeing of their employees, and that includes protection from influenza, or flu, which is one of the most common viruses in the UK and a major cause of workplace illness. Employers have an important responsibility to recognise the risks ...
Top 5 Mistakes Employers Make During Flu Season (and How to Avoid Them)
The traditional flu season spans between October and March, with the peak months normally experienced in December and January. It is a period in which employees are most likely to transmit and experience the symptoms of the flu virus which, depending on the particular strain that is most prevalent at ...
Is COVID-19 Still a Risk in 2025? What You Need to Know
It’s now been more than five years since the world first faced the COVID-19 pandemic, and many people understandably wonder whether, in 2025, the virus is still something we need to be worried about. While the panic of the early years has passed, COVID-19 has not disappeared. Instead, it has ...
Keeping the Workplace Healthy Year-Round: Flu and Beyond
Flu is one of the main causes of workplace sickness and can cause great disruption to the productivity of a business. Absenteeism means a workplace isn’t as cohesive or as efficient, which can also cause friction and impact on morale, and ultimately this will be evident in your bottom line ...
Protecting Productivity: How Flu Vouchers Help Prevent Seasonal Outbreaks
Absenteeism is a great cost to a business and a huge drain on efficiency and productivity. Many businesses invest heavily in machinery and equipment, training and new technology to streamline processes and operations with the ultimate aim of reducing costs and making the business more efficient, but improving health and ...
Why Every Employer Should Offer Flu Vaccinations This Winter
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly re-shaped how businesses prioritised workplace health and wellbeing, but in truth, programmes such as workplace flu clinics were already increasing in popularity in the late 2010s, as employers learnt that investing in the health of their workforce not only safeguarded them, but also positively impacted on ...
Flu and Staff Absenteeism: Key Statistics Every Employer Should Know
Influenza (flu) is one of the most common causes of sickness and absence in the UK, and is a significant contributory factor in the impact an employer experiences with regards to sickness and absence. An employee being absent results in productivity costs, in that the everyday workflow is disrupted, meaning ...
How Corporate Flu Vaccinations Can Help Keep Your Business Productive Over The Winter Months
Developing a corporate flu vaccination programme for your business is the best way to manage a virus that is one of the most common health issues we face as a population. This is because flu is a highly contagious virus with significant health risks attached to it, and as an ...
Why Should You Get A Flu Vaccination This Year?
Influenza, commonly shortened to ‘flu’, is a virus that the scientific world perhaps knows most about, but its general perception amongst the public is often misconstrued, and many people think the flu is merely a heavy cold. Unfortunately it can be much more serious than that, and a flu vaccination ...
