Occasional employee absence is unavoidable, but frequent absence comes at a considerable cost to an organisation. Absent employees cost their employers money and time, and repeated absence can lower morale, leading to resentment and tension in the workplace.
Persistent employee absence can ultimately damage profits and valuable client relationships, so organisations need to take a proactive approach to absence management. This course helps you reduce absenteeism by understanding its underlying causes and taking practical steps to address it.
You will learn why employees may be absent from work, how to handle instances of absence, how to help those with genuine reasons for absence return to the workplace, and how to discipline employees who are absent without good cause, balancing the needs of your organisation with the health and wellbeing of your employees.
What you will learn
- What employee absence means, its financial costs, and why every business needs to think carefully about handling it
- The most common reasons for short-term and long-term absence, and how causes vary by sector
- The elements of a good absence management policy and how to implement it consistently
- The practical steps line managers and business owners can take when disciplining and dismissing employees with a history of frequent or prolonged absence
- How to prevent absence by improving working conditions, raising morale and offering effective incentives
Course content
This course has 5 modules and around 3 hours of video-based learning, each including a quiz: What is Absence Management and Why is it a Priority; The Causes of Employee Absence; What Makes for a Good Absence Management Policy?; Disciplining and Dismissing Employees on the Basis of Absence; and Reducing Workplace Absence.
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