Absence

Highlights the main causes of absence, gives information on measuring absence and managing sickness absence, and outlines the law. Includes the CIPD viewpoint.

Frequently asked questions and answers on the legal aspects of absence management.

Produced jointly with Acas and the Health and Safety Executive, and available to members and non-members, this tool offers four practical tools to help assess absence in your organisation.

Details of the CIPD policy response to the Department for Work and Pension's consultation.

Sets out the findings of the CIPD's latest national survey of absence management policy and practice.

Details of the CIPD policy response to Dame Carol Black's review of the health of Britain's working age population

The poor quality of line management in the public sector must be addressed if public services are to be capable of responding to the challenge of budget cuts, according to a report from the CIPD.

Employers and health experts have given a mixed welcome to the final version of the "fit note" which is set to replace doctors' sick notes for employees in April.

A senior employment lawyer has taken aim at a segment of the British workforce for using the recent wintry weather as an excuse for skiving. Jonathan Whittaker, employment partner at SAS Daniels, said his firm had seen a 40 per cent increase in enquiries from employers about how to handle dubious absences.

Mini-toolkit for HR and trainers enabling them to offer training and support to line managers in order to reduce rates of absence in the organisation

Sickness absence costs organisations hundreds of pounds. This report analyses data collected from 40 different organisations and comprises over 80,000 absence spells of 30,000 individual employees.

This 1-day course gives you the knowledge and skills to assist in reducing absence and tackling poor performance in the workplace.