Absence Management Training

Learn how to manage and reduce employee absence with our one day Absence Management Training Course.

People are every organisation’s biggest asset.

To successfully manage people, it is essential to proactively monitor and manage absences and staff sickness levels to avoid unnecessary costs and to foster workplace practices that lead to better attendance.

Absence Management training with Pure Human Resources, Southampton

Duration:

A half day Absence Management training course

Who is it for?:

If you manage people, you will have to deal with absence and the impact on the business – this course is suitable for any individuals who have responsibility for managing others.

Course aim:

This Attendance Management training course will empower delegates to manage staff absence effectively.

On completion of this Absence Management course, delegates will be able to:

  • State the aims of absence management
  • Manage the absence management cycle and who has responsibility for this
  • Identify acceptable levels of absence including trigger points
  • Be familiar with the legislation requirements surrounding absence
  • Understand the importance of a consistent message
  • Identify types of absence management monitoring systems i.e. Bradford factor
  • Be able to proactively monitor, manage and review short term absences
  • Understand the process for managing long term absences
  • When to refer/involve Occupational Health
  • Appreciate the importance of being familiar with your absence policy and documents

This Absence Management training course covers:

  • What is absence management?
  • Costs of not managing absence
  • The legislation surrounding absence
    • rights to unfair dismissal
    • disability discrimination
    • termination and notice periods
  • Ensuring a consistent message is fostered
  • Absence management systems
  • Absence recording documentation
  • Absence trigger points for reviewing
  • How and when to hold ‘effective’ return to work interviews
  • Managing sickness absence
    • short and long term
  • The role of Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programmes
  • Sickness is an ‘allowance not an entitlement’ attitude
  • What happens when things go wrong
  • Case law examples and practical exercises

You may also be interested in our Managing Underperformance and Discipline,Grievance and Dismissals training courses.

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