FAQs

All items: Attendance management

Where an employer has reason to believe that an employee absent on sick leave is working elsewhere can it arrange for covert surveillance?
Can an employer require employees to live within a certain distance of the workplace?
What should a manager do if they suspect that an employee has an alcohol or drugs dependency?
What are employee assistance programmes and how do they work?
What can an employer do when an employee invited to an attendance review meeting goes off sick?
Can an employer issue a warning to an employee for poor attendance, even where there are genuine reasons for their absences?
What is the "lost-time rate" of measuring absence?
When should an employer instigate a formal review of a particular employee's level of attendance?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on attendance management.