Long Illness, Short Absence – managing the middle ground

By January 13, 2013December 7th, 2022HR White Paper

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A thorny issue for most HR professionals is that of effectively managing absence levels within their organisation.

Case law has shown us that different approaches can be applied to different types of absences.  For example, where absences are short-term, frequent and unrelated to each other the most common approach we see is one of fixed trigger points, followed by a series of cautions that may ultimately lead to dismissal.