Sickness and Absence Management
CPD 6¾ hours (participatory) (may count as management)
DATE Thursday 30th September 2010
TIME 10.00am to 4.30pm (Registration and Coffee 9.30am)
VENUE The Board Room, Legal Services Agency Ltd., 3rd Floor, Fleming House, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow
COST £150.00 full price/£120.00 LSA members/£80.00 Concessionary cost places (LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED)
OBJECTIVES By the end of this programme, each delegate will be able to:
- Describe the legal framework within which absences must be dealt
- Describe the six major causes of absence from work
- Outline best practice for minimising unauthorised employee absence
- Properly conduct back to work interviews, employee counselling sessions and formal meetings
- Active listening and questioning skills - how not to cross examin!
- Understand the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act when dealing with absence
- Outline best practice for dealing with:
- Long term absence
- Persistent short term absence
- Genuine illness
- Skiving
- Understand the barriers to dealing effectively with employee absence
- Understand proper disciplinary procedures for use when faced with unauthorised absence
- Describe employees legal rights to "unauthorised absence" and how to address these
- Prepare an absence policy for their business
PARTICIPANTS Owners/managers who have a responsibility for staff management.
SPEAKER The speaker is Bill Templeton. Bill has been principal consultant of R.P.L. Para-Legal Ltd since 1992. He is a graduate in law from Glasgow University with more than 20 years experience in a wide range of business environments. He has considerable experience in employment law and health and safety at work.
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