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Top Benefits of Our Absence Management Course

Our absence training programs are immensely beneficial, not just for employees but for your organisation as a whole. There’s more to frontline absence management training than meeting legal needs and regulations. Impactful training can help your organisation become a supportive and cohesive workplace.

Understand Absence in the Workplace

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Every organisation in the UK has policies to allow and govern workplace absences. While your managers may be aware of the common types of absences, it’s helpful to have a refresher on what constitutes an absence. Typically, your employees take sick days, vacations, and personal leave to deal with an emergency or personal circumstances.

Managing absences effectively involves meeting the needs of the employee and your organisation while following organisational policies on absences. The right training can give you a thorough understanding of different types of absences and reduce the impact of employee absences on your organisation’s operations and productivity.

In our absence training modules, we’ll help your team leaders and managers differentiate genuine absences from inappropriate ones, recognise long-term and short-term absences, and understand how to manage them effectively.

Identify Inappropriate Absence

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Excessive or chronic absenteeism is deemed inappropriate and can be a disciplinary issue, especially if it’s not being managed according to your organisation’s policies and procedures. Identify and report inappropriate absences if:

Your employees aren’t providing sufficient notice of absence
Your employees aren’t providing a valid reason for an absence
Your employees are disregarding the mandatory procedures for requesting time off from work

With Elston HR’s absence management training, you and your team will learn to recognise the signs of inappropriate absences from work and understand your company’s absence reporting procedures better.

Understand Absence Reporting Procedures

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The absence management process goes beyond identifying reasons behind employee absence from work. It also encompasses tracking and managing employee absences by monitoring the number of days your employee is absent from work while ensuring your organisation’s relevant leave of absence policies are followed.

There are various methods you can use to consistently track and record employee absences, including time and attendance systems and manual record-keeping. With the information gained from these methods, you’ll be able to track patterns and trends in absences and pinpoint any issues that need addressing.

The process for identifying and reporting absences, whether genuine or inappropriate, needs to be outlined in your organisation’s policies and procedures. Ensure your company’s policies on sick leave, personal days, and vacation are up to date along with the process to request and approve time off from work.

Our absence management course can guide your managers in refining your organisation’s absence management policies.

Understand When to Take Action

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When leave of absence turns into a disciplinary issue, your HR managers, line managers, and team leaders need to know how to discipline employees with a fair and consistent approach.

After identifying a concerning workplace absence, your HR team will understand the next steps to take with our sickness absence training. This could include working with the employee to identify and address the underlying issues contributing to their absences or providing support to help the employee manage their attendance better. Our absence training guides your managers and team leaders in recognising what action to take depending on the circumstances and your organisation’s policies and procedures.

You’ll be better equipped to get a comprehensive view of the situation and take a fair and reasonable approach towards employee absenteeism while maintaining a positive and productive working atmosphere.

Provide Resources and Support

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Your organisation’s HR professionals can provide resources and support to employees to help them manage issues relating to their absences. With this support, they’ll be able to proactively address health concerns that are causing their absences, such as workplace stress, burnout, or any other related health conditions.

In our absence management course, your HR management staff will learn how to deal with absenteeism in a sensitive and empathetic manner and without any prejudice or judgment. They’ll understand their options for reducing absenteeism, including Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), wellness programs, or training and support for managers to address attendance issues

Adhere to the UK’s Employment Laws

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Organisations in the UK are responsible for complying with the relevant employment laws and regulations while enforcing absence management policies at the workplace.

In particular, your HR management and team leaders need to ensure employees are provided with the necessary time off, particularly for medical appointments or to look after a sick family member. This mandate is reflected in the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Working Time Regulations 1998.

If your employee has taken time off work due to their disability, the Equality Act 2010 states that employers need to make reasonable adjustments. These reasonable adjustments are specific to the individual and the circumstances.

In our absence training workshop, we’ll help you navigate the legalities associated with managing absences from the workplace.

Conduct Return-to-Work Interviews

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Our bespoke absence management training workshop guides your team leaders in managing employees on their return to work after an absence. Having specific procedures in place will ensure employees are fit to resume their regular duties and responsibilities when they return to work, helping to prevent further absenteeism. These procedures can include a return to work assessment or requesting a fitness for work certificate.

In our absence management training workshop, we’ll demonstrate how to hold a return-to-work meeting for your line managers and team leaders. This sets the tone for the present and future relationship between the employee, managers, and the organisation.

Why Choose Elston HR for Absence Management Training?

Here are a few reasons why you should onboard us as your training and development partner:

Result-Oriented Outcomes

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Elston HR is committed to offering bespoke HR training and development workshops. All our workshops are outcome-driven, delivering results that generate favourable results in your organisation. You can apply our actionable workshop learnings to your business from the get-go.

Expert-Led Training

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Our trainers have years of experience in training corporates and businesses. This frontline absence management training workshop includes all the necessary information and techniques to help your managers handle employee absenteeism matters with tact and empathy.

Targeted Coursework

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Our short workshop on absence management training provides all the information, tips, and resources that your managers need to know. There’s no need to invest in a day-long workshop when you can get all the skills you need in our 2.5-hour course.

When combined with our other management and corporate training programmes, our absence training course can help build a receptive and positive atmosphere in your organisation.

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Key Learning Outcomes of Elston HR’s Frontline Absence Management Training

With the help of our absence management training workshop, your managers and team leaders will be able to:

Top Benefits of Our Absence Management Course

Understand Absence in the Workplace

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Identify Inappropriate Absence

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Understand Absence Reporting Procedures

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Understand When to Take Action

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Provide Resources and Support

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Adhere to the UK’s Employment Laws

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Conduct Return-to-Work Interviews

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Why Choose Elston HR for Absence Management Training?

Result-Oriented Outcomes

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Expert-Led Training

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Targeted Coursework

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