Attendance and Absence archive 2010

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21 December 2010
XpertHR launches international service, good practice: Sickness
absence management, good practice: Attendance management, how
to deal with sickness absence, line manager briefing on annual leave
line manager briefing on short-term sickness absence

23 November 2010
Introducing Liveflo: the revolutionary compliance flowchart tool,
absence initiatives survey 2010: role of line managers is key,
boosting health and safety in non-unionised firms, six steps to
tackle employee stress

26 October 2010
Managing redundancy and illness, weekly dilemma: Dismissal of disabled
employee for sickness absence, Equality Act 2010: resources on XpertHR,
how to deal with employees on long-term sickness absence, how to obtain
and use medical reports on employees

28 September 2010
Are line managers up to the task?, top tips for conducting return-to-work
interviews, alcohol and drug testing at work, implementing a drugs and
alcohol policy, occupational health nurses in the armed forces,
Occupational health challenges in the army

31 August 2010
Getting the most out of employee assistance programmes, is this the end for
pre-employment health screening?, future challenges in workplace health,
varying success of the fit note, Government issues definition of disability
in the Equality Act guidance, record low for UK workplace fatalities

27 July 2010
Setting absence targets to improve performance: the 2010 survey,
compiling, maintaining and using absence records: the 2010 IRS survey,
use of absence triggers in managing absence: the 2010 IRS survey,
absence and labour turnover rates and costs, 2010

22 June 2010
Labour turnover rates and costs: IRS survey 2010, Metropolitan
Police cuts stress-related sickness absence, addressing sickness
presence in the workplace, change management, preparing for tribunal:
XpertHR resource pack, sickness absence levels could rise

25 May 2010
IRS absence rates and costs 2009: 3.3% of working time lost to absence,
how occupational therapists can support a return to work, helping
staff based overseas to deal with stress, competencies: the 2010 IRS
survey, health and safety risks in green industries

27 April 2010
Reaping the benefits of return-to-work interviews, culture change
reduces absence at John Wheatley College, partners adopt new approach
to absence at Robinson Low Francis, line manager training improves
absence at Staffordshire Council, improving absence management

30 March 2010
Managing stress-related absence at work: the 2010 IRS survey, fit notes:
case study, employing workers with bipolar disorder, maintaining health
of remote and mobile workers, labour turnover and absence rates, new
approaches to absence management, what does a resignation cost?

23 February 2010
The use of absence triggers in managing absence: the IRS survey, compiling,
maintaining and using absence records: the 2009 IRS survey, cognitive
behavioural therapy in occupational health, Management responsibility for
absence, default retirement age: the 2010 IRS retirement procedures survey

19 January 2010
Compiling, maintaining and using absence records: the 2009 IRS survey,
deferring leave due to sickness absence, the most effective ways of managing
absence: the 2009 IRS survey, good practice: sickness absence management,
managing stress: the IRS 2010 survey