Managing Sickness Absence and the DDA

Who should attend?

Managers and HR professionals with responsibility for managing sickness absence, board members and directors who may hear appeals.

Objectives

At the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand why managing sickness absence is crucial to the health of your business
• Understand the various types of claim which can be brought against your organisation, including bullying and harassment
• Spot when a person is likely to be regarded as disabled for the purposes of the DDA and how to make reasonable adjustments
• Take a pro-active approach to managing sickness absence

Content Summary

• Overview of latest statistics and the cost of getting it wrong
• Summary of unfair dismissal, bullying and harassment and disability discrimination principles
• In-depth analysis of Disability Discrimination Act. Who is disabled? What is a reasonable adjustment? What are the defences?
• Managing long-term and persistent short term absences
• Dealing with malingerers
• Data protection, consent and what information are you entitled to?

Method of Training

Interactive sessions, quizzes, presentation and question and answer sessions.

Length of Course

This can be adjusted to suit your needs - from 2 hours, half a day or a full day's training.

Full course notes are provided for all delegates attending.

This is a summary of the standard training we are able to provide but our courses can be tailored to the specific training needs of your organisation.

For further details or a general discussion about the training Mace & Jones is able to provide, please contact:

Emlyn Williams, Partner at emlyn.williams@maceandjones.co.uk or Sam Kinnear at sam.kinnear@maceandjones.co.uk