REVEALED: Multi-million pound cost of council staff sickness which is 'much higher than other local authorities and can not be sustained'

This is more than double the national average for all working people, which currently stands at 4.4 days a year.
For certain departments, such as the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) – which is a joint venture between several councils – the number of days lost to sickness was even greater.
For October - December 2014, DWP had 14 days average sick per employee.
A target of just under 10 days has been set for 2015/16 which it is estimated could save around £100,000 from the DWP budget.
Robert Gould, leader of the county council, told the Echo that the authority is taking the situation ‘very seriously’.(more from dorset echo)