bam040 topic 8 absence

Pilbeam Ch 11

. Absence disability as protected characteristic

. procedures help but management is ultimate responsible for effective use day to day

. The stress paradox better off work bad when back

. Organisation to acknowledge its own role triggering absence levels.

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Torrington Ch 12

. There may be moves towards home-working,

decentralisation and subcontracting, but the traditional reasons of

power, raw materials and transport have been replaced by

specialisation and the concomitant need for intense communication,

social interaction and proximity to the supply chain, facilities

and resources. If employees need to be brought together for these

newer reasons, they obviously need to be there at roughly the same

time.Recently

absence has been framed in a more positive discourse, and the focus

is now on what can be done to promote attendance, as well as the

rehabilitation of employees with long-term absence

.  The

average level of absence varies according to employment sector,

being highest in the public sector and lowest in manufacturing and

production and private-sector services. 

. Long term impactful but less managed

. Line manager compliance with policy day to day is key, in particular finding root cause of issue

. ALIEDIM method is good guide to implement absence management process

. Bradford-tetley method for triggering absence measures - weighed frequency length

. Absence triggers may be played to get extra leave

. Borough of Merton case: move from managing absence to managing output

. 4 Summary points

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Cipd 20 points on absence (2020)

https://www.cipd.co.uk/news-views/news-articles/twenty-things-about-health 

New categories on radar:

. Presenteeism - work even when I'll

. Leaveism - work from holiday

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“How to cure the long-term sickness headache” by Whitehouse (2018)

https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/long-reads/articles/how-cure-long-term-sickness-headache#_ga=2.48109474.445019597.1595948185-567085146.1592123437 

* long term sick leave - management to use occupational data and understand underlying cause of physical symptoms looking for trends in search of root causes across multiple cases

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After completing the study of this topic you should be able to:

1.        Identify the impact of absence in organisations

2.        Discuss methods by which long- and short-term absence can be minimised

3.        Evaluate the reasons for employee absence and identify a range of management interventions

 

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