Absence Management is the process of tracking and managing your employees’ absences. Having the right policies and procedures in place lets you maintain a positive and productive environment and support the well-being of your people.
Managing absence can present challenges, particularly if you’re faced with long term, recurring or frequent absence that affects business operations and puts pressure on other employees.
An effective Absence Management process allows you to keep a track of reasons for absence – holiday, sickness, personal days, family emergencies, for example – as well as days lost to absence. It can help you make sure adequate cover is in place during periods of absence and gives the opportunity to investigate reasons for recurring absence or to refer cases to occupational health where necessary.
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How can GFHR Consulting help with Absence Management?
We can help with all aspects of Absence Management – setting up your policies and procedures, managing the absence tracking for you, reporting on recurring absences or suggesting ways of dealing with absence. Our software-based solutions mean you can easily access your absence data.
It’s important to manage absence in a way that is fair and consistent and that works for both you and your people; you need to make sure productivity or other employees aren’t affected, and you need to be aware of the welfare of those who are absent.
We also provide guidance on supporting employees who are on long-term sick leave, helping you navigate phased returns to work, reasonable adjustments and ongoing communication. If occupational health assessments or involvement are needed, we can help with referrals, interpreting reports and making sure you take the right steps to support both your employees and your business. We can also conduct return to work interviews.
We ensure all aspects of Absence Management are covered
Hand in hand with absence management is supporting those employees who are picking up the workload or covering for team members who are off longer term. It’s important to have a solid stress management process in place so they avoid burnout and more absence as a consequence.
You need to consider relevant legislation when looking at Absence Management, e.g. the Equality Act 2010, and you can be safe in the knowledge that all our advice and guidance will be in line with current legislation. We look after the interests of both you and your people to make sure any Absence Management support is conducted fairly and in a timely manner.
Contact us today on 01892 300360 to find out more about how we can help with your Absence Management.
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