Absence management – supporting your workforce

About this event

Get ready to learn how to navigate employee absences and keep your team thriving!

As the challenge increases around absence in the workplace and it has now reached an all-time high this year, we wanted to support you with some insights around how occupational health can be a great tool to support you with some of the absence concerns you may have.

We saw in this year’s CIPD Health and wellbeing report that it’s been highlighted that only 50% of organisations are actively effective with their efforts around reducing stress in the workplace and alongside that the cost of absence to businesses in the UK is estimated at over £100 billion per year. In the UK, around 16,000 workers permanently withdraw from the labour market each year due to workplace injury or work-related ill health, which represents a significant loss of talent, skills, and training investment for organisations.

Join us for a free online session and we’ll explore some of the challenges around sickness/ absence. how you can best utilise occupational health services and support line managers and employees to reduce absence in the workplace

• Impact of Absence on your organization
• How to best utilise the support of Occupational Health
• When we should refer employees and when not to refer
• Equality Act 2010 and Reasonable Adjustments
• How you as a People Professional can look after your own health and wellbeing?

Guest speaker's profile: Kathryn Harding, Director

Kathryn Harding is one of the Directors of Everwell Occupational Health Ltd and has filled this role for the last 14 years. She runs a successful and vibrant OH business with 48 employees and over 2000 busy clients.

Prior to this Kathryn spent 18 + years as a HR Practitioner and worked within the Insurance, Manufacturing, and Oil and Gas sectors. She also worked internationally before moving into Occupational Health in 2011. Kathryn very effectively blends her HR and Occupational Health experience to understand what clients really need from their OH service and she helps steer the development of Everwell’s products and services.

Webpage - Everwell Occupational Health UK

LinkedIn page - Everwell Occupational Health

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