Training course:
Managing absence

Two hours • In-person or remote • 4-15 participants

About this bitesize training course

Dealing effectively and sensitively with short and long-term absence is a core skill for managers in enabling team wellbeing and performance.

In this course, delegates will learn how to practically manage absence informally and formally through the exploration of case studies, to identify good practice.

Attendees of the Managing absence training session will learn to:

  • ·Understand the factors impacting employee attendance

  • ·State the business case for proactively managing absence

  • Fully utilise an informal approach to remedy attendance issues

  • Structure effective return to work conversations

  • Understand employer obligations when following a formal process

  • Maintain appropriate contact when team members are absent

  • Utilise a range of reasonable adjustments to support team members to return to work

Key details

  • this bitesize training course is two hours long and packed with powerful ideas

  • designed for groups of 4 – 15

  • delivered by an expert trainer at your workplace, or virtually

  • interactive, with plenty of exercises that get people talking

  • customisable, to connect with your organisation’s values

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Professor Niamh Moran, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland ★★★★★

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