Top Tips for Managing Sickness Absence

Since the pandemic, long-term sick leave has been on the rise, with 2.5 million workers off sick by the summer of 2022. That is a half a million increase from 2019!

This overall trend is evident within education, with Headteachers struggling to maintain staffing levels and battling budget deficits.

Times may be difficult, but there are steps you can take to ensure you are meeting your employee obligations while also mitigating against any potential HR hiccups.

During the session we will be covering the following:

• Ensuring you are following the correct policy?
• How and when to contact staff that are absent?
• How best to utilise return to work meetings?
• Should you consider the importance of trigger points when necessary?

Let us introduce you to this week's professional speaker

Jenny qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and joined Judicium as a consultant following her qualification. Her grasp of complex HR queries such as restructuring MATs to operate as efficiently as possible has enabled her rise from a consultant to Team Leader of the HR Advisory Team. Her responsibilities still include dealing with the variety of queries in schools HR as well as supporting the team on a daily basis. Jenny is also an experienced trainer. She runs the training sessions for the NAHT’s HR Essentials Course. In her spare time she likes to participate in park runs as well as get creative with crafts and baking cupcakes.