Using LeaveMaster, you can book and approve time off and keep track of who’s in and who’s out of the office, quickly, easily and efficiently. It gives everyone in your company access to a fast and fuss-free online system.
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In yesterday’s blog, we discussed how the government’s new “fit note” scheme has received a lukewarm response from doctors and employers.
The aim of the scheme is to reduce the number of days lost to absence in the UK every year, by allowing doctors to say what work staff, who would otherwise be off on long-term sick leave, can do, as well as what they cannot.
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However, in a recent Kronos survey, only 22% of UK employers said they believed the new scheme would be effective in reducing the level of staff absence in their organisations.
The scheme may not help employers tackle the costly problem of absenteeism because it only addresses the issue of long-term staff absence, whereas it is staff who frequently take unwarranted, short-term absences who arguably cause much more damage to businesses.
When an employee is away for a long period, their work can be parcelled out and cover arranged for their position. But if a member of staff suddenly takes a day off sick, cover usually can’t be arranged in time and key tasks are either neglected or the absentee’s colleagues have to do extra work: damaging productivity and morale.
A more effective way to reduce staff absence levels in your organisation could be to implement a leave and absence management system such as LeaveMaster.
By creating a permanent, indisputable record of sick leave for every employee in your organisation, and automatically-calculating your employees’ ongoing Bradford Factor scores, LeaveMaster allows you to easily identify, and take action against, members of staff whose frequent short-term absences are costing your business.
LeaveMaster also acts as a powerful deterrent to absenteeism because, knowing that their sickness absences are being monitored in real time on the application, and their Bradford Factor score automatically-calculated, staff are deterred from taking sick days when they are not really ill.
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