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Absent for a reason: making sense of special leave

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Source: IRS Employment Review

Issue: 818

Date: 25/02/2005

Publisher: IRS

Absent for a reason: making sense of special leave

TOPICS:

pay and benefits	premiums and allowances
terms, conditions and employee rights	working time and leave working patterns
HR policy and strategy	work organisation ethics and values
training and development	training tools and techniques
employee relations	employee relations challenges and tools
international	United States

SECTORS:
construction
engineering and metals
finance
manufacturing (other)
paper and printing
public services
services (other)
transport and communication

AUTHOR: Sarah Welfare

Being clear about the reasons for which an employee can take time off work can help to improve the effectiveness of absence policies, but it's good to leave line managers some space to exercise common sense, our special leave survey suggests.

Key points

Only 27% of employers believe that their organisation actively encourages and supports employees with public duties, such as school governors or local councillors.

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