"The Way Forward"

Managing Authorised Absence

Absence management is a vital part of the Managerial / Supervisory process. Line Managers / Supervisors must have a full understanding and a working knowledge of the absence management process within current employment law and the statutory rights of their employees. This training course focuses on managing authorised employee absence and how to handle requests for statutory leave. All people with responsibility for monitoring and managing authorised absence will benefit from attending this training course.

1. COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course trainees will be able to:

• Manage and develop employees in accordance with UK employment law
• Manage requests for authorised absence

2. CONTENT

• Overview of the Employment Relations Act
• Statutory entitlements
• Dependency leave
• Parental leave
• Paternity leave
• Maternity leave
• Adoption leave
• Leave of absence
• Holidays
• Time & Attendance systems - codes
• Case study
• Q & A
  

3. TARGET GROUP

• All employees with responsibility for managing and developing others

4. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS / PRE-REQUISITE COURSES

• There are no pre-requisites for this course

5. DURATION & TIMES

• 4 hours
• By prior arrangement

6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Assessment is by
  • Pre and post testing (if requested)
  • A case study
  • Individual feedback (if requested)