Absence management

Taking care of wellbeing and health at work is good for business.

Frequent absences from work can be a burden on both the organisation and its staff; and it's costing UK employers more than £16 billion a year.

Employees who are sick should of course stay home. But with the right measures in place, you can reduce how often and how long they take time off work. Aside from significant cost savings, effective absence management will: 

  • Reduce absence levels
  • Reduce long term absences by detecting and intervening with physical and psychological health problems earlier
  • Provide support and training for line managers, HR and health and safety teams
  • Provide accurate data and management information on trends and causative factors of absence
  • Control litigation risks
  • Increase productivity and morale.

We will work with you to improve the overall health and wellbeing of your employees as part of your absence management service. You will have immediate access to our multi-disciplinary absence management team of health coaches, clinical and specialist absence managers, occupational health professionals, disability managers and rehabilitation experts.

As a corporate member of the Case Management Society of the UK, we are committed to high standards and best practice when managing our cases. Our absence and occupational health services hold the ISO EN 9001:2008 quality certification.

Our core range of products include:

We can also provide:

  • Absence management training for your managers
  • Advice services to assist managers when dealing with any absence related issues
  • Counselling services or an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide support for mental wellbeing and work-life issues
  • Access to fast-track treatment for musculoskeletal and psychological conditions
Employee assistance programmes
Employee assistance programmes

Cut the rate and length of absences.  Integrating an employee assistance programme will offer early support to staff, before longer term problems develop.

 

Read more about employee assistance programmes

“ Early intervention is key. The sooner action is taken, the better the chances are of an employee making a full and speedy return to work. “ Health and Safety Executive
Do you know your true level of absence?

For businesses that don’t know or are unsure of their absence rate, our ‘day one’ absence service provides a consistent and accurate process for recording it.