Sickness issues

It is good business practice to have appropriate systems in place to manage staff absence. Absences, both short and long term can be damaging to your business in terms of productivity and profits and if they become common amongst your employees this is likely to lower morale.

Absence rates can be improved with effective policies and procedures, put into best practice with good working conditions, active management and good motivation.

Monitoring and investigating the causes of absence can also help you identify factors contributing to absence levels, eg unsafe work practices.

We can help you to understand how best to manage the causes of absence, and set up the right policies and procedures to control it. With reference to our fact sheet on 'Dismissals and disciplinary' it may be that the sickness can be successfully dealt with as a capability or conduct issue.