Absence Management

Most organisations are concerned about absence management because absence is a significant cost to business.  The CIPD, for example, undertake annual surveys (i.e.  how fit is your organisation) to examine this type of issue within the workplace. This research goes into the costs of sickness absence as well as the main causes and the average number of days lost.

The management of absence attributed to sickness is therefore essential.  It is of such importance that we should remove the focus from our staff being absent from work to being present at work.  This is the approach that IOH have adopted since our founder and chairman first stepped into the Occupational Health arena.  You want your staff at work, attending work in a productive manner so that you can run an efficient and profitable business.  You want to prevent them from going off work in the first instance through proactive intervention, and you want to engender a culture of attending work whilst avoiding the risk of presenteeism. 

In short, you want your employees productive, fit and at work.  We work with clients to ensure that you can minimise your absence levels by adopting a policy of effective Attendance Management.

Your investment in an occupational health provider should be based on the services ability to deliver an effective absence management service geared to achieve effective attendance at work.  The prize is not just a reduction in sickness absence levels but improved employee engagement, increased motivation within your workforce and the ability to secure the associated business potential available in the marketplace.