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1. How should businesses deal with high employee absence?
   

   ...gest that cracking down on employee absence is the way forward for businesses, employers must ensure that any action carried out is fair and does not interfere with individual employees’ rights.So what procedures should be followed when addressing staff absences? Workplace Law Network white paper Short Term Absences: tackling the ‘Monday and Friday’ sick days states that short term absence remains the most frequent, accounting for 80% of employee absences in total.Employers are not obliged to pay salary during sick leave unless there is a specific provision to that effect in their contract or the absence policy. However, subject to certain criteria in r...

   News | 15 Aug 2008