Managing Employees – Performance and Attendance
Overview
An introduction to help managers appreciate the impact of absence or poor performance and how to respond to the issues; understanding your behaviour as a manager in the context of constructive dismissal claims and identifying and managing stressed employees.
Topics covered:
- Which Policy applies? Outline of Performance, Disciplinary, Absence from Work and Grievance Policies
- Types of absence and absence management
- The impact of recurring short term absences
- Monitoring and recording absence
- What to do with Fit Notes
- Back to work discussions – the Do’s and Don’ts
- Dealing with attendance levels that remain poor
- The need for an Absence Management Policy and to follow process – establishing a fair dismissal
- Pregnancy related sickness and disability related absence
- Holidays and sickness absence
- Notice pay for employees on sick leave
- The need for a Performance Management procedure and to follow process – establishing a fair dismissal
- Performance measures and Performance Improvement Plans
- Dealing with common performance issues – case studies
- Management behaviour and constructive dismissal
- The duty of trust and confidence – when is it lost?
- Stress at work and the employers duties
- Recognising signs of stress and support at work