How outsourcing can improve absence management
Using an outside absence management contractor may make data collection more robust, providing an employer with better-quality information to understand patterns of absence and their causes.
Sarah Silcox looks at how two organisations - Kingston Communications, a telecommunications company employing around 2,500 staff, and Brakes, a supplier of food to the catering industry - are using AHP, a provider of nurse-led absence management.
Nurse-led approach improves absence management Read the full article, from IRS Employment Review.
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Tighter policies push absence levels down The CIPD's latest annual survey points to a renewed downward trend in average absence, thanks to a tightening of employers' policies and changes in their methods of recording sick leave.
Unlocking the door to better absence management Are incentives for attendance the key to cutting unjustified sickness absence, or should employers be concentrating on work organisation and job design? IRS reviews the latest research.
Absence management Read the Personnel Today Management Resources one stop guide to absence management.
Cause and effect Occupational health professionals think HR risks exacerbating sickness absence by focusing on metrics rather than considering the underlying causes. By Sally O'Reilly, writing in Personnel Today.
