LTC Wellbeing Calculator

The LTC Wellbeing Calculator is designed to help you work out the costs of poor health and wellbeing to your hospitality business. It can help you to create a business case for taking action to improve the wellbeing of your people. The LTC wellbeing calculator is divided into three key sections:

Part 1 – what are the costs of employee absenteeism

Part 2 – how much can I save if I invest in employee wellbeing

Part 3 – how much could my bottom line benefit from investing in wellbeing

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Part 1

Calculating the annual cost of employee absenteeism

How many employees does your business have?

(include full-time and part-time equivalent e.g. 2 x 16 hours per week = 1 full-time team member)

What is your average rate of employee sick days per employee, per year?

If you don’t know, then the latest LTC research* tells us that the average for a licensed hospitality business is 3 days)

What is your approximate cost per employee sick day?

(If you don’t know, you can use calculations from the LTC research; 8-hour shift x £12.71 NLW = £101.68. This is a baseline as higher salaries and lost revenue will increase this cost.)

Your average annual cost of employee absenteeism is:

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This answer is based on your specific business data or the latest LTC research figures. *Research carried out by KAM Insights January to March 2026

Part 2

If you reduced your average rate of team member sick days by :%

Source: ‘Improvement of a comprehensive multi-site work-site health promotion’ – Aldana S.G. (Most studies showed an absence reduction of between 3% to 16% after implementing a programme.)

You could save your business:

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Part 3

How much could your bottom line benefit from investing in wellbeing?

The EAP Association tells us that every £1 invested in employee wellbeing could return between £7.22 and £14.82 through reduced absenteeism and productivity.

If you invested: £

You could see an annual increase to your bottom line of:

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The result is based on £14.82 ROI for a business with under 1000 employees and £7.22 for a business with 1000 or over employees. ROI is based on estimations from the EAP association and data input above.

What now? Let us help you!

This is just a fraction of the exciting research we released at our Wellbeing Conference. You can download all the data via this form. Or why not talk to us? We’ll work with you to reduce the cost of absenteeism and strengthen your team wellbeing.

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The LTC has been investing in the health and wellbeing of the licensed hospitality community for over 230 years.

Our core services, 24/7 helpline, health and wellbeing platform and financial support are available completely free of charge to everyone who works or has worked in the licensed hospitality sector.

You too could realise the benefits of investing in employee wellbeing through:

Accessing our core services; 24/7 helpline, LTC Wellbeing Platform, financial support, wellbeing support & practical advice.
Bespoke services provided through our Employee Assistance Programme.

Why not support our work with a donation, sponsorship, or fundraiser. We guarantee that 100% of the money will go back to the people we help, including the people who work for you.

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(Financial support is subject to criteria and is means tested)