Sickness and absence management
Sickness and absence management
Organisations are increasingly recognising the significant costs associated with high levels of absence alongside the disruption to the business on a day to day basis.
Increased discrimination legislation has left many employers unsure of how to deal with persistent short term and long term absence. Many managers feel ill equipped to effectively deal with absence which requires continual commitment and focus to manage effectively.
Most managers would agree that a certain level of absence is acceptable, but they are often unsure of how to deal with absence when it becomes ‘unacceptable’ and specifically how they should draw that distinction.
Alongside inconsistent management of absence these issues can all lead to resentment amongst other employees and leaves employers particularly vulnerable to costly employment tribunals. The estimated cost for absence is over £16bn across the UK and can cause considerable distress for employees and employers.
Workplace Law can help with our knowledge and experience of implementing absence management policies and practices across all sectors by implementing an absence management system to suit your business.
We can also train your managers, provide one off support for a specific absence issue or case, provide on-going support and give your managers the confidence to effectively manage absence across the organisation. This will enable a reduction in your absenteeism, reduce your financial risks, improve employee morale and increase productivity, amongst other benefits.
Why choose Workplace Law?
Workplace Law’s HR consultants have wide experience and knowledge of employment law and best practice in a number of different environments. They are able to offer pragmatic and clear advice to suit your particular company, in language you will understand.
Benefits
- Workplace Law can help you to implement an absence management system which will reduce costs and the disruption caused to the day to day running of your organisation
- Having a clear and well managed system in place will help to increase morale and productivity, as well as alleviate resentment amongst other employees
- We can help to make sure that you are following best practice, fulfilling your obligations under discrimination legislation and, therefore, making sure you are not vulnerable to costly Employment Tribunals
- With our support we can equip your management team with the skills and confidence they need to manage sickness which will reduce your reliance on external consultants and save you time and money
Case studies
"In 2009 Chaps Ltd recognised that it needed to improve its health and safety systems. We changed our Health and Safety consultants to Workplace Law in order to give us a fresh approach towards our management of health and safety and to gain specialist construction advice.
"By using their expertise and experience Simon and Maria have guided us into developing a health and safety system that has achieved CHAS accreditation and given our customers and principle contractor’s confidence in our management of health and safety. They have always been available to offer advice when needed and to provide independent site inspections and audits which are often required by our customers.
"Both Simon and Maria continue to support Chaps Ltd and have become an important, integral part of our Health and Safety Management System."
Suzanne Jackson, HR Director, Emprise:
“Workplace Law has made a difference to the quality of the service we can provide to our staff. And because of the customised service from Workplace Law, the costs have come down.
“We’re now into the second year and we’re pleased with the level of service which is always turned around quickly with any queries being answered straight away.”
Martyn Ball, Head of HR at Akkeron Hotels:
“It’s not just telephone advice that we’ve come to rely on, Workplace Law consultants are also happy to attend our meetings in person and Jayn Bond has regular catch ups with us to discuss any HR related issues. Working with people you can trust is important to me and I value the personal relationship that we have developed with the team at Workplace Law.”
“The accreditation enhances our client services, evidences the robustness of our processes and demonstrates the passion and professionalism of our staff on every level.
“The exceptional support and input from the team at Workplace Law and in particular Simon Toseland, has ensured that the highest safety standards have been implemented and these are to be continually assessed and tested externally."
