ABSENTEEISM IN INDUSTRY. Note by the Lord President of the Council.

ENQUIRY INTO ABSENCE FROM WORK . This paper presents provisional conclusions from the enquiry into absence from work authorised by the Lord President's Committee (L.P. (43) 3rd Meeting). 2. Both for the past, for which firms were requested to provide whatever statistics of their experience were available, and for the subsequent monthly returns, the primary object of the enquiry has been to collect statistics for males and for females under the following headings:- 1. Number of employees 2. Hours of absence, due to or explained by Uncertified sickness or accident Leave other than recognised holidays Reasonable excuse, but without previous permission (a) (b) (c) (d) Certified sickness or accident 3.