Sickness absences cost South Ayrshire Council almost £2.4million in six months - with the full impact of winter still to come.
A total of 22,238 days were 'lost' due to sickness between April and September 2022.
This is around half of the days lost for the whole of 2021/22. However, is expected that the figures for the second half of the year will rise above last year's levels, with winter months typically seeing a significant increase in illnesses.
