ABSENCE POLICY

WHEN TO USE THIS DOCUMENT

 This policy sets out the way in which an organisation deals with and manages time off for absences. All of our policies combine professional legal and personnel / HR knowledge with practical experience in business to provide an easy to use policy which meets with legal responsibilities and obligations.

 A written policy like this one helps employees to understand the procedures to be followed. It also explains the rights and responsibilities of both the employer and the employee. If properly followed, a policy will also help ensure that the employer complies with all their legal duties and obligations whilst protecting employees.

 Absence from work costs individual employers huge amounts of money and worry during any financial year. As well as recent changes in maternity, paternity and adoption, this policy also deals with the legal requirements allowing employees time off for family emergencies and compassionate leave. The policy also deals with the required sickness records to ensure that statutory sick pay is properly dealt with.

 This is a very comprehensive policy which deals with current statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and other parental leave entitlement.

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:

This written policy deals with procedures for both
 

• Unplanned absences such as
•                Sickness (including sickness whilst on holiday leave)
•                time off for dependents / compassionate leave.
• Planned absences such as holidays, maternity, paternity, adoption, jury service, medical appointments, religious holidays.

It covers the issues that such policies need to deal with including:
 

• Policy aims and training.
• Employer's and employee's responsibilities.
• Sickness.
• Long-term sickness.
• Procedure for dealing with persistent short term absences.
• Procedure for dealing with sickness , procedure for dealing with sickness, including long-term sickness.
• Return to work procedures and interviews.
• Time off to deal with dependants emergencies.
• Holidays.
• Very comprehensive criteria and information for maternity, Paternity and Adoption.
• Other planned absences including Jury service, court attendance and other public duties, medical appointments, religious holiday, reserved armed forces.
• Step by step action return to work plan.

HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT

 This is a MS Word document and is easy to use. The document uses blue text to provide extra guidance and notes and green text where you will customise your document to suit the circumstances in which it is used.
 

File Type: Word File