{"id":7484,"date":"2020-12-09T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/?page_id=7484"},"modified":"2021-12-13T07:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T07:33:14","slug":"absence-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/absence-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Absence Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"larger\">Absenteeism from work is a growing problem for many organisations. With mental health illness on the rise, it is now more important than ever that organisations have in place effective policies and procedures to manage employee absence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"larger\">It is essential that organisations are able to monitor absence and manage absence levels.\u00a0Dealing with the loss of employee time and productivity results in high costs and decreased sales and revenues for the organisation. It is also important that workplaces create a culture of wellness, where employees feel good at work and feel \u2018looked after\u2019 by their employer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"larger\">Boyd HR can help you manage workplace absence effectively by introducing the following practices:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Produce clear\u00a0written procedures for\u00a0reporting absence and providing medical certificates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Produce a policy on sick pay guidelines and entitlements<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Provide a procedure for managing frequent short-term absence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Provide a procedure for managing long-term absence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Seek the right to arrange Occupational Health Assessments (in the employment contract)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Accurately record and monitor absence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Address high absence records by communicating to the employee and re-issuing the attendance policy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Conduct\u00a0return-to-work interviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Seek a \u2018fit to work\u2019 cert where necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Train managers on how to handle absence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">Create a culture of wellness where employees feel good at work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"larger\">Boyd HR can help you create a tailored absence policy along with Manager guidelines. We help many businesses with<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"larger\">Whether it be intermittent absences or long-term absences, we can safely guide you through the process step by step, to the point of termination of employment on the grounds of incapacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"larger\">When you work with us, you will see the following results:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">a reduction in the potential duration of employees&#8217; absence;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">an increase in the likelihood of sick employees returning to work;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">a reduction in the likelihood of repeated spells of absence;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"larger\">a decrease in the costs of absence to the business.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"larger\">If you would like to learn more about how to manage workplace absence, call <strong>Boyd HR<\/strong> on <strong>074 91 23150<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absenteeism from work is a growing problem for many organisations. With mental health illness on the rise, it is now more important than ever that organisations have in place effective policies and procedures to manage employee absence. It is essential that organisations are able to monitor absence and manage absence levels.\u00a0Dealing with the loss of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7484"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8763,"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7484\/revisions\/8763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydhr.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}