IRS Conference: Managing Absence and Attendance
5 November 2008, Cavendish Conference Centre, London
Highlights include
- Legal considerations when taking disciplinary action or dismissing an employee on sick leave
- How to address complex situations and prevent them escalating towards costly legal action
- The employers’ responsibilities 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 train and empower line managers to manage absence effectively
- What the government’s welfare and workplace health reforms mean to employers
- Learn from case studies by: Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust, Royal Mail Group and Network Rail
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.
Named organisations and experts will look at the powerful evidence base for capturing and monitoring absence data, early intervention, vocational rehabilitation for the long term sick and, perhaps most crucially, how to empower line managers to deal with absence more effectively. This is a must-attend event for all managers and professionals involved in managing absence and attendance.
Learn from leading experts and employers
- 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
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