Reduce sickness absence with a HR case management system
£1 million savings by reducing sick days*
Sickness absence is a growing challenge for HR, driving up costs, disrupting teams and impacting performance. Effective sickness absence management requires clear policies, proactive processes and the right support to reduce disruption and improve employee well-being.
*average savings we achieve for our clients.
Simplify absence management and boost productivity
With sickness absence at record highs and imminent Statutory Sick Pay reforms, updating absence policies and investing in the right absence management solutions is essential. By empowering managers with the right tools and training, you can reduce absenteeism, achieve substantial cost savings and improve employee well-being.
- Cost savings: Absence costs the UK £103 billion annually according to People Management; managing it proactively can save up to £1 million;
- Increased productivity: Reducing absence rates improves employee experiences and boost productivity;
- Empower managers: Training helps managers manage absenteeism confidently, improving engagement and reducing disruptions.
If your organisation’s sickness rates are rising, or managers aren’t equipped to manage mental health or absenteeism, it’s time to act. Reduce absenteeism to improve workforce productivity, enhance employee engagement and ensure smoother operations.
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Proven HR technology to reduce absenteeism
empower® simplifies absence management by automating alerts, case tracking and reporting. With user-friendly tools for managers, it ensures timely, effective management of absences, reducing business disruption and boosting team productivity.
The impact of reducing absence
Reducing absence rates improves employee well-being and cost efficiency. With expert support and tools to analyse sickness trends, HR gains actionable insights to make data-driven improvements and address cultural issues impacting absence.
Proactive mental health support
empower® helps managers identify trends, like short-term and long term absences, that may signal mental health concerns. This allows HR to offer personalised interventions, such as counseling or resources, promoting early intervention and improving employee well-being.
Identify sickness case trends
empower® helps track long-term health conditions, ensuring proper accommodations and supporting return-to-work processes. By identifying absence trends, it enables HR to refine policies, improve communication and streamline support for affected employees.
Outsourcing to AdviserPlus has been a key enabler for HR transformation, achieving efficiencies and driving change.
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Manage absence proactively with our HR technology
Do your managers have the right tools to manage sickness absence effectively? Our Process Manager solution consumes your sickness data, initiates a new case automatically and notifies the relevant line manager to start to manage the sickness absence or attendance process. Once the case is initiated, progress against target actions is monitored, notifications fired and inaction escalated. Because everything is accurately captured in our case management system, you’ll have real-time visibility of what’s going on, be able to forecast future trends and inform the development of your employee absence management strategy.
Manage absence with our people support services
Are your sickness absence policies and their supporting procedures working for you? Our team of CIPD-qualified HR policy and process experts will assess the effectiveness of your wellbeing strategy and identify opportunities to simplify your policies and optimise your procedures.
Does your ER team have capacity to support managers with sickness absence matters? We can provide a dedicated team of case advisers completely aligned with your policies, procedures, brand and culture to support managers with sickness absence matters.
Do your managers have the confidence to deal effectively with sickness absence? Our award-winning Learning Solutions team can train your managers on subjects like how to handle sickness absence in their teams and mental health awareness.
Monitor absence with our data insights
Do you have visibility of sickness absence in your organisation, regional or organisational variances and insight into underlying causes?
Our technologies can help you collect the right absence-related data and our Analytics Team can visualise and analyse it in the smartest ways, benchmark absence data across your organisation and against peer organisations, enabling you to identify themes and trends in order to target areas for attention and evidence the impact of your interventions
Real business impact
Every organisation’s success depends on its people, and that’s where our suite of services make a tangible difference.
£1 million
average in productivity savings based on reduction in days lost
50%
reduction in tribunal claims for one client
90%
of managers self-serving ER matters within 3 months
75%
average saving outsourcing ER advice
Just some of the organisations we support
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