Absence Management Policy and Procedure

This is a complete policy and procedure for absence management that follows all UK legislation and guidelines. Basically everything that you need for effective management of absence within any educational setting, fully compliant with legislation and produced in line with HR advice.

Research suggests that effective management of sickness absence can reduce absence levels, benefiting you and your employees, and that’s the basis of this policy and procedure. It’s aim is to be supportive and understanding the staff, whilst supporting manager to be firm when dealing with repeated absence and, potentially, less genuine reasons for absence.

The policy covers:

• Definitions of different types of absence
• Notification of absence - intermittent absence, long term absence, unauthorised absence
• Planned absence
• Absence certification (self certification and medical certificates)
• Return to work interviews
• The three phase procedure for intermittent absences (explanation of the requirements for notification, how to conduct the meetings, their purpose etc)
• The three phase procedure for long term sick leave
• Accessing medical information
• The appeals process
• Payments during absence - statutory sick pay, company sick pay, unpaid absence
• Rules for employees within their probationary period

It then has:
Return to work interview form
Self certification sickness form