Managing Sickness Absence Workshop

Duration 1 Day

Who Should Attend?

Managers, supervisors or team leaders who have responsibility for the management of employees

Benefits

• Ensure that working practices do not cause unnecessary absence.

• Ensure fairness and consistency when dealing with absence issues.

• Ensure successful defence of litigation and to have the reputation of a good employer.

Overview

Sickness absence costs British industry billions of pounds each year. Sickness absence is increasing and GPs now openly admit they ‘sign people off' who they know are not genuinely ill just to get them out of the surgery.

This workshop covers how to manage sickness absence to support individuals who are genuinely chronically or seriously ill and also how to reduce absence that is not genuine sick leave.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop, you will:

• Understand the business need to manage costs and staff morale through managing sickness absence

• Understand the legal implications and managerial responsibilities regarding employee's health

• Be able to look at ways of preventing high levels of sickness absence

• Gain confidence to discuss and resolve absence issues with employees.

Content

The course covers the following areas:

• The legislative requirements for managing sickness reasonably
• Interviewing and discussing sickness absence with staff
• Weighing up the evidence to support a dismissal
• Compensation limits and compensation awards made by the courts.

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