Handling Sickness Absence

How do you manage sickness issues? Is short-term absence due to conduct or capability? How can you be proactive with a long-term sick employee?

Dealing with absence issues can be difficult, yet the consequences of ignoring them are detrimental to businesses. Too many companies don't know how to deal with such issues. Reducing absence levels can have a dramatic effect on both costs and morale. The Handling Sickness Absence course shows how both short- and long-term absences can be managed proactively with positive results.

Who should attend the Handling Sickness Absence course?

The Handling Sickness Absence training will be beneficial for those responsible for managing sickness issues, including HR professionals, managers and supervisors requiring sound guidance in how to improve absence levels.

What are the benefits of attending Handling Sickness Absence training?

This sickness absence training will enable delegates to:

• identify the responsibilities of managers in handling absence
• identify key absence issues
• understand legislation in relation to absence
• be confident in applying an absence policy in the workplace
• conduct an effective return to work interview

Key topics in the Handling Sickness Absence course

• Investigating the reasons for absence
• The impact of absence on the individual and the organisation
• Managing short-term absence
• Strategies to overcome short-term absence, including return to work interviews
• Proactively managing long-term absence
• Disability discrimination issues
• Dealing with difficult scenarios
• Promoting employee health and well-being
• Confidentiality issues

Audience: Team Leaders, Middle Managers, HR Professionals, First line managers