Managing Sickness Absence

Top Tips for Managers

In this episode 263 of the podcast I bring you my top tips for managing sickness absence.

In light of the recent change to statutory sick pay and the requirement to pay employees from day 1 of their absence these practical tips for really managing sickness absence with employees are going to be even more critical.

Managing employees who are absent can be difficult and in this episode I breakdown into some easy steps to follow.

In this episode of the podcast I cover:

• The critical point is to manage sickness absence!
• What the barriers are to effective management of absence.
• The importance of a clear reporting process.
• How and why you should maintain contact during absence.
• The exception when you should not make contact.
• The importance of self-certification forms.
• Return to work meetings and the format.
• What to do about frequent absence.
• Why it is important to get to the root cause of the absence.
• How effective management of absence will help you get to the root cause quicker!

Key takeaways:

Employers need to ensure managers are empowered and trained to deal with sickness absence issues at the earliest stage.

It is also important to create a culture where employees are happy to come to work and only take sickness absence when genuinely sick.

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