Managing Absence and Attendance

Managing Absence and Attendance 5th November 2008

Cavendish Conference centre, London W1G 9DT

This conference will look at how to make the business case for sickness absence management interventions and show real examples of good practice. Expert speakers will advise on how the government’s response to Dame Carol Black’s review of work and health will affect employers in both the public and private sector. A leading employment lawyer will advise on what employers and HR in particular must consider when disciplining or dismissing staff on sick leave, as well as the employers’ obligations when an employee returns to work after sick leave. This is a must-attend event for all managers and professionals involved in managing absence and attendance.

Highlights include:

• What the government’s welfare and workplace health reforms mean to employers
• How to ensure you have the right absence management service for your organisation
• Choosing an external absence or occupational health service and making sure they deliver
• How to identify a system that streamlines the management of absence
• The legal considerations when taking disciplinary action or dismissing an employee
• The employers' responsibility for employees when they return to work after sick leave
• Making the business case and getting board-level buy in for sickness absence management systems
• How to empower line managers to deal with absence more effectively

Who should attend:

• HR directors and managers
• General managers with responsibility for absence management
• Line managers
• Occupational health managers
• Health and safety practitioners
• Vocational rehabilitation specialists
• Company occupational health/medical directors
• Occupational psychologists
• Psychological counsellors
• Trade union representatives

 Conference speakers:

• Chairman: Dr Geoff Davies, Chairman of Lacon Occupational Health Consultancy
• Mary Brassington, Occupational Health Manager, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
• Mark Holt-Rogers, Director, Wellbeing4business Director
• Dr Su Wang , Group Head of Health, Royal Mail Group
• Nick Dent, Partner, Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert
• Dr Lucy Wright, Director of Clinical Services, Atos Healthcare
• Joy Reymond, Head of Rehabilitation Services, UnumProvident
• Michelle Shields, HR Manager, Network Rail

Hays Human Resources are able to offer a number of discounted places per event subject to availability. Click here to view the full IRS conferences programme list. To reserve your place today email katarzyna.gacek@hays.com.

To view the Managing Absence and Attendance conference agenda click here.