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Employers' Guide to HR
Sickness & Absence Management
This zone covers a range of sickness and leave of absence issues from occupational health issues, to sick pay to controlling sickness absence and lots more. You will also find template policies and forms which you can customise for your own use.
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Case Study - Employees Who Commit Criminal Offences Outside Work
John, an employee in Sales, is missing. He took a fortnight's leave to go to Blackpool for a holiday, but that was four weeks ago. Since then nothing has been seen of him.
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Case Study - Persistent Short-term Absences
An employee is frequently absent and this is causing problems as his work needs to be done by other people - what should you do?
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Case Study - Stress At Work
An employee has been signed off work due to stress - what should you do?
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Controlling Sickness Absence
Workplace absence at an averagean average of 6.7 days per worker, is costing British business in excess of £13 billion annually. However there are measures that can be take to help your business reduce the financial impact of sickness absence without dragging unwell employees back into work.
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Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Details of the Disability Discrimination Act and suggested actions to take in order to comply with the Regulations.
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Drug And Alcohol Abuse At Work
Alcohol-related illnesses lead to millions of working days being lost a year and costs British industry in excess of £2 billion. Even small amounts of alcohol are likely to impair judgment, co-ordination and reaction, leading to the added risk of accidents.
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HR Update - Fit note v Sick note
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Long Term Sickness Absence
This article aims to answer frequently asked question about long term sickness absence, as well as looking at proactive, preventative measures.
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Procedures - Help or Hindrance?
'I want to fire them now, not dance around our handbags and do it the HR way!' Does this sound familiar in your organisation? Many managers see procedures as a hindrance to their decision making; taking them away from their main role, being long-winded and viewed as little more than red tape.
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Return To Work Interviews
Return to work interviews can be a very effective tool in the management of absence in the workplace.
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Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
SSP is the minimum level of sick pay employers must pay to qualifying employees when they are sick and unable to attend work. All employers regardless of their size have a statutory duty to pay this minimum level of sick pay.
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Time Off For Dependants
All employees have the right to take a reasonable amount of time off during working hours in order to deal with an emergency involving a dependant.
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Time off for Jury Service
All employees aged between 18 and 70 (other than those disqualified or exempted) are liable for Jury Service.
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Workplace Stress
This article examines the causes of workplace stress and outlines the steps employers can take to minimise or eliminate it.
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