HR Training

Managing Sickness Absence

Employee absence is the biggest non-recoverable cost to your organisation, making absence management an essential skill for managers.

Our Managing Sickness Absence training course will give you the confidence to deal with absence issues by offering practical advice and guidance on short and long-term absence through to medical capability, dismissal, and the law.

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Who should attend?

This practical and interactive course is suitable for supervisors or managers who are involved in any aspect of absence management. Both new managers and experienced managers who would appreciate a refresher will find the course useful.

Who will deliver the training?

Our management training is delivered by highly experienced and qualified HR practitioners with genuine ‘hands-on’ practical experience of supporting employers all over the UK with their HR requirements.

What are the benefits?

  • Delegates will increase their knowledge and confidence in dealing with a range of common short-term and long-term absence situations fairly and effectively. They will understand how to apply best practice, taking into account the legal principles associated with managing absence.
  • By enrolling managers in this course, organisations will benefit from a more robust and consistent management of absence issues, likely to lead to improved attendance and more successful outcomes. The training will also increase the organisation’s prospects of success in the event of an Employment Tribunal claim.

Course content

  • The cost of absence and the importance of effective management
  • Potential causes of sickness absence
  • Types of absence management procedures
  • Distinguishing between capability and misconduct issues
  • Maintaining contact
  • Understanding disability and reasonable adjustments
  • When to take formal action
  • When and how to obtain medical evidence or Occupational Health advice
  • How to conduct formal absence management meetings
  • Determining a suitable outcome
  • When is dismissal justified?

Course duration and timings

This half-day course is available for up to 12 delegates and can be delivered in-person or virtually, depending on your needs.

A more in-depth one-day session can also be designed to include reference to your own policies and procedures and offer more case study work.

We recommend face-to-face delivery for better interactivity, but the course can also be delivered virtually (in two half-day sessions for the one-day course) with content adjusted accordingly.

Timing and location can be arranged to suit your preferences.

For further details, including bespoke pricing, please get in touch using the form below.

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The rota module has been built on our brand new technology platform, so you’ll need to create a new account that you can then integrate with your existing Youmanage/PeopleNest account.

Follow these steps to activate your trial

  1. Log in to your existing Youmanage/PeopleNest account
  2. Navigate to admin mode
  3. In the menu, navigate to Integrations > Marketplace
  4. On the ‘PeopleNest – Rota Module’ line, click ‘configure’
  5. Create your new account – because we’ve built the new Rota Module on our brand new PeopleNest platform, you’ll need to create an account. Make sure you use the same email address as your admin account in Youmanage (can use Microsoft/Google authentication)
  6. Sign-in using your new login details
  7. Read the message about the integration and click continue if you are happy to proceed
  8. It takes a few minutes for your employees to start pulling through, then you’re ready to go!

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