It’s a bid to fight the rise in absenteeism and create healthier and more productive workforces, the group says.

As Australia heads towards its 2019 flu season, many employees are again expected to take multiple sick days to recover from illness.

Absenteeism currently costs the Australian economy about $7 billion, while the cost of presenteeism (where employees are sick on the job) is approximately $34 billion through lost productivity.

In 2018, approximately 48,276 cases of influenza were reported nationwide.