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Posts Tagged ‘managing absenteeism’

Sick days or personal days?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Employers are often at a loss as to how to ensure employees who take sick days are really sick and not simply abusing the system. They are often scared to ask for doctor’s notes, but also scared that if they don’t, the abuse will become rampant. I often encourage employers to consider abandoning the notion of sick days altogether, and simply provide a fixed number of “personal days”, which eliminates the implicit or explicit requirement that an individual be sick in order to have time off.

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Tags: Absenteeism, abusing sick days, act of bad faith, Disability, discrimination, doctor's note, duty to accommodate, employment law, Honda v. Keays, managing absenteeism, personal days, policies and procedures, sick days, sick leave policy, time off to take care of personal responsibilities, vacation
Posted in Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Privacy and Security | 3 Comments »

Disability management: Ignoring employee absences may prove costly for organizations

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

A while back, the Conference Board of Canada came out with a study that found while workplace absenteeism continues to rise, Canadian employers take a “relaxed” approach to tracking employee absences and measuring their cost. According to the study, the absenteeism rate has been increasing steadily in the past decade, rising to 6.6 days per full-time employee in 2008–09 from 5.7 days in 2000–01, the most recent fiscal year. This is the highest point since the board began surveying employee absences 20 years ago.

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Tags: Absenteeism, absenteeism policies, absenteeism rate, attendance/absenteeism problem, average cost of absenteeism, Conference Board of Canada, cost associated with employee absenteeism, employee absences, employee attendance, employment law, HRMS, managing absenteeism, sick pay benefits, time off from work, tracking employee absences
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Last chance to register for the 11th Annual Employment Law Conference

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Last chance to register for the First Reference 11th Annual, Ontario Employment Law Conference, on June 2, 2010…

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Tags: Bill 168, Conference, employee discipline, employment and labour law, employment law, Employment law conference, First reference, Human Resources, managing absenteeism, occupational health and safety, ontario, Stringer Brisbin Humphrey, violence and harassment, workplace harassment, workplace violence
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Managing absenteeism – Learn the latest!

Monday, May 17th, 2010

The third session at First Reference’s Ontario Employment Law Conference on June 2, 2010, covers managing absenteeism. When dealing with absenteeism, employers must respect the protected leaves under the Employment Standards Act, as well as the accommodation rules found under the Human Rights Code and Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

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Tags: Attendance management programs, Canada, Conference, disability management, duty to accommodate, Employment law conference, employment standards act, Human Resources, human rights code, Leaves of absence, managing absenteeism, ontario, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
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