Sickness costs are increasing for many businesses. In addition, high absence levels significantly affect performance. Active management of absence can have a major impact in reducing cost and increasing performance.

• Cause of absence
• The legal, managerial and occupational health issues connected with reducing sickness absence
• Costing and measuring absence
• Managing short-term absence and strategies to combat it
• Preventing the drift into long-term absence
• How to deal with tricky cases – e.g. how to manage an employee who goes off sick with stress during disciplinary proceedings
• Disability discrimination
• Promoting employee health and wellbeing

• Identify the responsibilities of managers in handling absence
• Identify key absence issues
• Gain an understanding of legislation in relation to absence
• Be confident applying an absence policy in the workplace

For further information on this course please contact us on 01572 723711 or alternatively email our training team