Ceridian

Established in 1965, Centrefile was bought by The Ceridian Corporation in 1995 and became Ceridian Centrefile. We work closely with our counterparts in the US and Canada to deliver world-class HR and payroll solutions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Employing less than 300 people in 1995, Ceridian Centrefile now has over 800 employees working at 12 offices throughout the UK. We also have offices in Limerick and Mauritius. Everyone at Ceridian Centrefile is committed to changing the world of work by providing Ceridian managed HR solutions that maximise the value of people.

At the heart of what we do lie our 5 core values: to act with honesty and integrity, to delight the customer, to attract and develop enthusiastic achievers, to deliver sustained profitable growth and to be world class in quality and productivity.

The Sunday Times recognised our commitment to our customers and our people when they ranked us 60th in their 100 Best Companies To Work For In The UK 2003. The survey also included 28 of our customers, and we believe we’ve contributed to their success by helping them build more efficient and effective HR teams.

jWe were also awarded the BSI ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Standard in 2003, recognising the quality and consistency of our service.

Our individual employees have won and been nominated for a number of awards in the past few years, including the Unisys 2003 Customer Service Excellence awards

25% of sick days taken off due to work-related stress
27 October 2006

A survey on health in the workplace by Ceridian reveals that 25 per cent of sick days taken off from work are due to work-related stress. Our survey of 1,050 employees revealed respondents took off a total of 8,918 unscheduled days in the last twelve months; an average of 8.5 days per employee.

A quarter of all the days taken off by our respondents were down to work-related stress. The CBI has estimated the cost of absence due to ill health is costing British business £13bn per year. Potentially, the cost of work-related stress could be as high as £4.25bn!

With just 1.4 per cent of employees in our survey accounting for 89 per cent of the 2,222 work-related stress days taken off, employers should concentrate on the small number of employees taking many days off and devote more time to exploring the causes of their employees' work-related stress and offering stress tips.

Typical causes of work-related stress include workload, work responsibilities, work difficulty and manager style. Responsible employers need to explore what is contributing to work-related stress in their organisations and create strategies to address identified problems.

Our survey showed six out of ten companies had provided no advice on health or well-being in the last twelve months. Simple advice sheets on diet, daily physical activity, sleep routines, deep breathing exercises and other stress management techniques would go a long way.

By reducing the number of days absent due to work-related stress, organisations could make a significant positive impact to their financial performance and staff morale.

Doug Sawers, Managing Director of Ceridian in the UK