Working Well Sometimes...
I am a strategic adviser on health, safety and wellbeing based in the UK, having over 25 years in many types of industry from manufacturing, local government, railway and construction where I have advised some of the biggest (and the smallest).Most recently I worked in the NHS as a Covid 19 adviser during the pandemic.I explain things simply - why use a long word when a short one will do? Join me as I explain about health, safety and wellbeing from a business perspective, show the reason and the way to do it, and muse on the meaning of life in between.
Working Well Sometimes...
Occupational health role in absence management
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Jane Coombs
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Episode 6
Are you wondering how to deal with illness at your workplace? Sometimes it can get out of hand with workers taking days off willy-nilly. Or maybe you have some employees on long term sick?
An occupational health service can help you with both these issues - by talking to workers who you believe may need more help or just to check that they are getting the right treatment.
More information is available on my website blogs here:
- Manager Guide: Requesting a Management Referral to Occupational Health
- Manager FAQ Occupational Health and Absence
Further Advice and Reading
- What is Occupational Health? Video
- Absence resources
- Using the Bradford Index to Manage Absence – some simple steps on how to measure and deal with short and long-term absence
- Employer handbook for statutory sick pay – including Statutory Sick Pay rates and tables. Issued April 2013
- Long term absence and incapacity for work – guidance from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- Managing Absence and Return to Work – guidance from the Health and Safety Executive
- Employers Charter – Information produced in 2012 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the form of a leaflet with links to more information about what employers can and can’t do.