A “close eye” is to be kept on a Northern Ireland council’s sick day levels after an audit report found an increase of around 50% in days lost to illness.
The Northern Ireland Audit Office has recorded an average of 20.66 days off per year for full time staff at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC) for the year ending March 2022.
This is compared to 13.6 for the same period the previous year, indicating a rise of 7.06 days and a red flag of concern on the corporate risk register as reviewed this month.
