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In this episode Acas Area Director, Paul Beard, President of the Society of Occupational Medicine, Shriti Pattani and the Managing Director of the Ape Group, Alfie Payne unpack the topic of sickness absence, offering managers first-hand advice and best practice on how they can better manage it.
We discuss:
Transcript available at: https://www.acas.org.uk/podcast/sickness-absence-how-employers-can-better-manage-sick-leave
Episode Resources:
Acas’s Absence from Work Guidance: https://www.acas.org.uk/absence-from-work
Society of Occupational Medicine: https://www.som.org.uk/work-and-health/information-employers
Training on sickness absence in the workplace here.
Read Dr Kabir Abraham Varghese (Society of Occupational Medicine) blog on referring employees to occupational health: https://www.acas.org.uk/helping-smes-understand-occupational-health
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