Absence management: Resources
Section 10 of the Personnel Today Management Resources one stop guide to absence management rounds up useful information resources on managing absence. Other sections.
Surveys and reports
Room for improvement: CBI absence and labour turnover 2004
Confederation of British Industry
Now in its 17th year, the CBI survey provides essential statistics across all industry sectors and company sizes, based on a sample of 530 directors, senior managers and HR practitioners, representing one in 30 employees in the UK. The survey includes statistics and analysis including absence levels by sector and company size, region, manual, non-manual and all employees, the direct cost of absence by employer size and sector, and causes and patterns of absence.
Employee absence 2004: a survey of management policy and practice
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
The 5th CIPD annual employee absence benchmarking survey contains data on rates, causes and costs of absence. The survey also includes information on how to manage absence, the problems caused by long-term absence and how to deal with sicknotes and non-genuine absence.
Attendance Management - Corporate Partners Research Programme by Stephen Bevan
The Work Foundation, 2003
The report examines trends and looks at the practical techniques organisations can use to reduce absence. The report also examines the causes of absence and management practices, both short- and long-term, and prevention.
Absence management: Incomes Data Services Study 766
Incomes Data Services, January 2004
The study examines how a diverse group of organisations have successfully reduced or maintained low rates of absence through a combination of controls, such as return-to-work interviews and trigger mechanisms and proactive measures such as health screening and the creative use of private healthcare.
Books
Managing Absence: In sickness and in Health, Confederation of British Industry, 1997 (ISBN: 0852015453)
From Absence to Attendance, 2nd edition, Alastair Evans and Mike Walters, CIPD, 2002 (ISBN: 0852929358)
Managing Absence: A Handbook for Managers in Public and Voluntary Organisations, Sarah Hargreaves, Christina Morton, Gill Taylor, Russell House Publishing, 1998 (ISBN: 1898924171)
Managing Sickness Absence and Return to Work: An Employers' and Managers' Guide, Health & Safety Executive, 2004 (ISBN: 0717628825)
Managing Employee Absence for a Competitive Edge, Andrzej A Huczynski, Michael J Fitzpatrick, Financial Times Prentice, 1989 (ISBN: 0273028502)
The Blackhall Guide to Managing Employee Absence, Lynda A C Macdonald, Blackhall Publishing, 2001 (ISBN: 1842180231)
Managing Absence From Work: An Open Learning Package for Police Supervisors, Ron Roberts, Home Office Police Department, 1993 (ISBN: BOOOOCOLCH)
Managing Sickness Absence in the Prison Service, House of Commons Paper, The Stationery Office, 1999 (ISBN: 0102647992)
IRS Managing Absence and Leave, Louis Wustemann, LexisNexis UK, 2002 (ISBN: 0754519538)
Who to contact
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Professional body for HR practitioners, providing advice, research and publications on all aspects of HR management.
151 The Broadway
London SW19 1JQ
Tel: 020 8612 6200
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Employers' organisation providing advice and publications on employment issues.
Centre Point
103 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1DU
Tel: 020 7379 7400
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
The HSE provides advice and publications relating to health and safety at work issues. It runs a helpline service, designed to provide a 'one-stop' shop, providing you with rapid access to health and safety information, and access to expert advice and guidance.
HSE Infoline: 0845 345 0055
The Work Foundation
The Work Foundation provides research, publications and training in work-life, attendance and other employment issues.
The Work Foundation
Peter Runge House
3 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5DG
Tel: 0870 165 6700
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Section two: Do we have a problem? Section three: What causes employee absence? Section four: Developing an absence policy Section five: Establishing absence procedures Section six: Handling 'problem' absence Section seven: Developing positive initiatives Section eight: Legal implications Section ten: Resources
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