With every aspect of running a business now under the spotlight, maximising employee attendance has become a key performance indicator. Increasingly complex employment legislation, the risk of disability discrimination, the threat of personal injury litigation, including work related stress claims and the escalating cost of employer liability insurance are all pushing attendance management, employee well being, and rehabilitation to the top of the HR agenda.

Programme

• The legalities of absence management and control
  - unfair dismissal
  - statutory and contractual procedural rules
  - rights on termination
• Disability Discrimination
  - definition of disability
  - different types of discrimination
  - who is covered
  - focus on reasonable adjustments : key cases

Case Study - Stress/Long-Term Absence

Absence Clinic