Sickness Absence Management

Absence management: Reduce sickness absence. Employee Health Surveillance Services Ltd specialise in sickness absence management services and offer a wide range of absence management services.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development survey in 2009 found the average cost of sickness absence per year is now £692 per employee, with each employee taking an average of 7.4 days off each year. Across the UK absence costs the economy £17.3 billion per year.

It is recognised that careful management of sickness absence is an important part of maintaining the efficiency of any company. By ensuring your employees are returning to work, even in a limited capacity, you are making direct cost savings on sick pay and on the cost of temporary staffing solutions. In addition, there are indirect costs which you can save on including retraining, loss of production, cost on workloads and lost orders/sales.

Whether you are a small or large business, high levels of sickness absence can negatively affect your reputation as an employer and certainly your profit/loss margin. By effectively managing sickness absence and return to work, you can:

• Improve the performance of your business
• Retain valued employees
• Help keep your workplace safe and healthy

By effective management, we can help your employees return to work as soon as possible. Our services include:

• Case management (remote or F2F consultations)
• One-off consultations
• Ill Health retirement assessments
• Day one absence reporting
• Fast track access to care
  
• Rehabilitation services
• Ongoing support

We provide clear and actionable reports. This allows you to make appropriate decisions about an employee’s future employment, in terms of capability and prognosis, thus enhancing productivity and morale.

For more information on our sickness absence management services, please contact us.