Tracking employee holidays and sickness might seem straightforward, but the hidden costs of poor absence tracking often appear long before anyone realises something is slipping. Overlapping holidays, missed sick days, and confusion over carryover can all quietly cost a business more time and energy than expected. This post explores what those hidden costs look like, why they happen, and how to stop them before they start.
Winter is coming—and with it, the dreaded season of sniffles, sneezes, and sick days. Even just one or two absences can feel like you’ve been hit by a snowstorm. Whether it’s the flu, a rogue cold, or that one mysterious cough everyone seems to catch, a little preparation can help you glide through the winter months without too much disruption (or too many tissues).
Sickness during annual leave can be a challenging situation for both employers and employees. Understanding how to manage these instances effectively is crucial to maintaining fairness and ensuring compliance with UK laws.
Employees taking unauthorised absences from work is a concern that plagues all businesses.
Often, these unexpected absences can be addressed without much ado. They’re either one-offs or come with a justified reason. However, there are times when they hint at a larger issue, necessitating a structured response.
In this post, we’ll explore deeper into managing such absences. Allowing you to understand their root causes, and the steps you should consider when confronting this challenge.
Having an effective menopause policy at work is vital for fostering a supportive workplace environment. With menopause likely to affect half of your workforce at some point, understanding its impact, and implementing a policy, can help reduce sick days and improve employee well-being.
Working from home is now the norm. It has disrupted the way that people work for many businesses. And for some employers, 2020 has put to rest any fears about productivity when staff are working away from the office.
Whether working from home works for your business or is a temporary fix to exceptional circumstances, how your staff feel about remote work may not be all positive.
Exploring the advantages and disadvantages of the Bradford Factor reveals its complex role in absence management.
The Bradford Factor is a tool that quantifies the duration and frequency of employee absences, employing a formula to generate a score highlighting patterns that may indicate underlying issues within your workforce.
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