Duration: 1 Day

This course will enable delegates to understand the legal, managerial and occupational health issues connected with reducing sickness, absence and managing attendance.

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Identify the responsibilities of managers in handling absence
• Identify key absence issues
• Gain an understanding of legislation in relation to absence
• Be confident applying an absence policy in the workplace

Course Content

• What are the causes of absence in the workplace?
• The legal, managerial and occupational health issues connected with reducing sickness absence linked to the organisations Sickness Absence Management Policy and Procedure
• Promoting health and well being
• Managing short-term absence and stategies to combat it
• Preventing the drift into long-term absence
• Disability Discrimination
• Understanding communication
• How to deal with difficult situations
• Internal Support