• Identify the different types of absence and recognising trends and patterns
• Managing short-term sickness and long-term sickness absence: the differences and different procedures required
• The law relating to absence: employers’ obligations and employees’ entitlements
• Understand disability and reasonable adjustments
• Understand the wider impact of absenteeism on your team and work productivity

Take the opportunity to share your workplace scenarios and gain advice on practical steps to take to improve absence rates in your organisation

• Definition of absence: authorised and unauthorised absence or absence without leave (AWOL)
• Identifying the key components in your policy
• Acceptable reasons for workplaces absence
• Expectations from employee and actions from employer
• Setting out workplace procedures: what to consider?

• Tracking and reporting absence: ‘Trigger Points’
• Recording absence: frequency, duration and reasons
• When it is appropriate to obtain medical evidence
• Responding to absence: general and specific
• Return to work meetings and procedures
• Absence reviews and taking further actions

• Occupational health and employee assistance programme (EAP)
• Understanding the effect of presentism
• Fostering healthy culture and well-being benefits
• Flexible working and reasonable adjustments

Take this opportunity to ask your final questions to the trainer and gain expert advice