Welcome to this module in the Business and Management Development Programme.
Completing this module on the management of staff sickness and absence will help you to:
Understand the impact of planned and unplanned staff absence on the business
Monitor absenteeism patterns
Manage problematic absence and lateness
Review staff attitudes to sickness and the psychological contract between employee and employer.
This is an update of an article written by Liam Stapleton, BSc Pharm (Hons), PG Dip Public Health, Health Promotion, independent consultant at Metaphor Development.