Why you should attend

This high level business conference is packed with opportunities
to network with your peers and share ideas and solutions for
workplace issues

Hear

• which tools are emerging to best manage and monitor absence
• how to reduce absence from organisations operating successful schemes to reduce short and long term absence
• about “Absence at work” - What can your organisation do to maximise rather than work
  against the possibilities of social networking?

Learn

• how to create effective partnerships between HR, Occupational Health and line managers
• how to assess the balance between supportive and punitive approaches to tackling sickness absence
• how to successfully manage resistance to absence policy change at an individual and organisational level

Examine

• the benefits and limitations of remote and flexible working. What are the impacts on
  your bottom line?
• how to reduce the cost of absence
• how to empower line management to efficiently manage absence at a grassroots level

Understand

• absence as a KPI for your business and what it tells you about your organisation
• the ROI of health promotion in preventing sickness absence
• key legal responsibilities when managing sickness absence
• how to avoid and effectively control disputes over absence and absence policy