The importance of Mental Health Awareness month
The importance of Mental Health Awareness month As May is Mental Health Awareness month (with a full week dedicated to it 14th-21st May), Stress [...]
May 2018
What is Presenteeism? And how is it harming my business?
What is Presenteeism? And how is it harming my business? ACAS defines Presenteeism (or sickness presence) as staff becoming “increasingly reluctant to take time [...]
January 2018
How to manage short term absences
How to manage short term absences Managing Short Term Absences - A recent study has shown that average sickness absence per employee stands at [...]
Phased Return to Work and SSP
Phased Return to Work and SSP It is a requirement to pay employees a minimum rate of pay when they are off sick, provided [...]
October 2017
Child Bereavement Leave
Child Bereavement Leave On the 19th July 2017 the Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill was introduced by Kevin Hollinrake MP to ensure grieving [...]
Time off work: how much is too much?
Time off work: how much is too much? Employee absence and time off work is a tricky issue for employers: what constitutes unauthorised absence, [...]
September 2017
Contacting sick employees at home
Contacting sick employees at home Absence notification procedures are usually the starting point of a good absence management process. The employee’s return to work [...]
June 2017
Anxiety in the workplace
Anxiety in the workplace Did you know that mental health problems and anxiety cost employers in the UK £30 billion a year? This massive [...]
August 2016
Sickness and Annual Leave
Sickness and Annual Leave Employees still get annual leave when they are off sick. Yes – it’s true. It’s a complicated area of law though, and we’ll try to [...]
June 2016
How to manage short term absences
Managing Short Term Absences - A recent study has shown that average sickness absence per employee stands at almost 6 days each year. Times that by the number of [...]