Sick Leave associated with Work Related Stress from 28 January 2025

Dear William Kay
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Dear William Kay

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 12
May 2025

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain detail on
the volume of Sick Leave taken by Cardiff University academic staff
between 28 January 2025 to 6 May 2025. Specifically, I would like to
request the following information:

1. The number of academic staff (both headcount and full-time equivalent)
that have taken sick leave citing “Stress – Work related” (Sickness
Absence Code 6 as per the Human Resources “Sickness Absence & Return to
Work Form”) since 28 January 2025 until 6 May 2025.

2. The total number of working days (including partial days) lost due to
sick leave of academics staff associated with “Stress – Work related”
between 28 January 2025 and 6 May 2025.

  Number of Academic Staff absent due to work related
stress
 
  Absence Start Staff FTE Lost Days
  28/01/2025-
30/04/2025 3 3 22.7
  01/05/2024-
30/04/2025 15 14.8 363.4
  01/08/2023-
30/04/2025 15 13.6 336.7
 
 
 
  Staff= count of academic staff members with an absence commencing during
the period for the reason 'stress- work related'
  Lost Days= count of associated days
lost
  Work related stress added as an absence reason from 1st
Aug 2023
  FTE is the appointment FTE for the absent staff
members
 

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Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office

Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University

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