Aims to: Gain knowledge on key employment legislation and best practice responses to sickness and to consider specific issues and challenges.
Learning objectives:
- Identify some of the key employment legislation and national sickness policy and guidance.
- Consider difficulties linked to sickness
- Discuss the importance of fairly managing sickness absence and returning to work within company policy
- Reflect on unique issues regarding sickness, linked to Social Care and Health
- Consider the merits of value-based recruitment on retention
Audience: This course is awareness level and open to anyone in the health, care and other sectors, particularly those who lead teams or manage people.