• Lesson

The Importance of Managing Attendance

  • 27m
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Employees are the key to any successful business and this should be reflected when dealing with employee attendance. While it’s unrealistic to expect 100% attendance by all employees, an organisation should aim to make sure that its employees are properly trained and given reasonable support to achieve high levels of attendance at work.

This module is designed to provide you with an overview of a best practice attendance management process. The module outlines why good attendance is important, and how it can be effectively managed by using the tools provided. To make the module relevant to your everyday duties, you will see scenarios based on workplace activities.

Learning Outcomes for this module include:
In this module your people Leaders will understand common types of absence and why managing attendance is important to the organisation and their teams Identify the effects of poor attendance
Identify the various tools in promoting employee health and well-being
Identify the employee and manager’s role in notifying absence
Suggest ways of handling absence in a given scenario
Demonstrate an understanding of the support mechanisms in place to support employees returning to work.

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