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How to Manage Employee Absence
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This course consists of one half-day online session.
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Overview
Did you know – absence costs businesses an estimated £554 per employee, per year. Have you recently found yourself dealing with long-term or complex staff absences? Do you need guidance on absence policies and understanding your legal responsibilities?
Accommodating absences for minor illnesses are a daily occurrence for most businesses, but things can become a little complicated if an absence is unexplained or longer than expected.
This workshop will give you an insight into the most common reasons for absence and what your sickness policies should cover.
We’ll share practical advice on how best to manage your absence challenges, including communicating with staff who are absent, conducting return to work interviews and making reasonable adjustments. We’ll also cover avoiding disability discrimination and discuss ways to support your employees moving forward.
Audience
This course is aimed at people that manage others.
Objectives
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Understand what your absence policies should cover
- Communicate with staff who are absent from work
- Obtain relevant medical records and reports
- Deal with both physical and mental health related absences
- Make reasonable adjustments for employees
- Conduct effective return to work interviews
Content
- Insights into the most common reasons for absence
- What your sickness policies should cover
- How best to manage your absence challenges
- Communicating with staff that are absent
- Disability discrimination
Resources
We will provide you with a PDF of the workshop slides, copies of relevant handouts and a list of book recommendations discussed during the session!
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Instructor
Sarah Loates
I’m a chartered HR professional with more than 20 years of experience in the field. Over my career I’ve provided HR advice, support, and leadership to a wide range of sectors and business types, ranging from family-owned micro-businesses to major multinationals. I’m also an experienced trainer, having delivered, amongst other things, the HR industry’s professional qualification for a number of years. And, as you might have guessed, I’m the founding director of Loates HR Consultancy and Loates Management Training!
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Online Delivery
Broadcasting live and direct from our dedicated online training suite at Loates HQ, or one of our well-equipped satellite studios!
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Loates HR Consultancy
We’re the arm of Loates Business Solutions that’s specifically focussed on HR and employment law support and consultancy. Our aim is to provide everything that you need in order to get the best from your workforce.
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On-Demand Delivery
In addition to our public scheduled courses, we also offer the option of on-demand private training that’s exclusive to your organisation.
This can provide a particularly convenient and cost-effective solution if you have a large number of staff members to train.
And it’s also tremendously flexible.
Since on-demand courses only have your delegates attending, we can customise them to be specific to the policies and processes of your organisation, and tailor course lengths and depths to suit your particular needs. Likewise, we can combine material from several existing courses, develop fully bespoke content, or combine multiple courses into full programmes of training.
And we can deliver this training whenever and wherever is best for you; in-house at your venue, at one of our training venues, somewhere else entirely, online, or any combination of these.
For an idea of the types of on-demand training that we can provide, just take a look at our on-demand training catalogue.
To find out more about our on-demand delivery options, please contact us to arrange an informal chat with one of our friendly and down-to-earth training instructors.