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Absence Management Training

1 day - private courses from £825 + vat

This Absence Management training course achieves its aim through a variety of techniques: facilitated discussion, group exercises, role play.

Absence Management Course Objectives

At the end of the Absence Management training course participants will be able to:

• Understand the cost of absence.
• The appreciation of the need to manage absence effectively.
• How to set up an absence management policy.
• Interpersonal skills involved in dealing with absence notification and return to work interviews.
• Understanding the link to the disciplinary procedure.

Absence Management Course Content

• Welcome and introductions and discussion of objectives.
• The cost of absence.
• Establishing an absence management policy.
• Implementing the policy.
• Handling the sickness notification call.
• The return to work interview.
• Skills and behaviours for conducting the interview appropriately.
• Practice in conducting return to work interviews.
• Managing sickness review discussions.
• Linking to the disciplinary process.
• Personal action planning.

Absence Management Training Course Recommended Reading

Absence Management: A Handbook for Managers in Public and Voluntary Organisations - Gill Taylor et al – buy from amazon

Download course outline as pdf.

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