Effective Case Management for HR Professionals - Long Term Sick

This course is aimed at both experienced or novice HR directors, HR business partners, HR managers and HR assistants whose responsibilities include supporting managers with managing long term absence cases.

Course content 

Roles and responsibilities of the line manager when managing attendance, absence and medical capability:

1. Absence facts, data and costs
2. Different types of absence – planned and unplanned
3. Managing long term absence
   
   • Company responses / support
   • Actions / OH / HR / Home visits
   • Recovery and return to work (reasonable adjustments)
4. Medical capability dismissal - the process, reasonable adjustments, termination

By completing this course, delegates will be able to:

Delegates will be clear on:

• The costs of absence
• The roles and skills required for effective long term absence case management
• The importance of medical reports and making them effective
• The importance of examples and documentation

so they can support managers with managing long-term absence more effectively and efficiently