Short term absences are very disruptive to an organisation, with many managers often having to scramble around looking for cover, which on occasion is not readily available. This can leave organisations short staffed and lacking expertise. Long term absences however have the opposite effect on businesses as they can be easier to manage. The tasks that would normally be completed by an absent employee will often be split up and passed onto other members of the team, or agency staff could be recruited to cover the absence period.
Most long term absences are covered under the Equality act 2010, so employers need to make sure they are complying with all legislations. Keeping a note of all employee absence records throughout their illness is crucial and this information needs to be kept secure at all times.
Elf Productivity’s Ceequel® software suite provides your Human Resource department with a secure way of easily recording every employee absence. Just by virtue of the fact that an employee has not clocked using Ceequel® Time and Attendance, the system will know the start day, end day, number of working days absent and the category of absence. In Ceequel® Human Resource Management software, notes can be made within the system and access can be given to managers of the sick employees. In addition, attachments such as fit notes or return to work documents can be scanned in and attached to an individual’s records, thus providing your Human Resource department with a complete overview of every employee’s medical history. Short term absences can also be monitored within the system allowing you to keep track of everyone within your workforce.
Individual absence reports can be set up to run on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis, allowing managers to spot any absence patterns creeping in at the earliest stage.
Many organisations are now also monitoring reports such as the Bradford factor, which is designed to penalise employees who have lots of absence occasions, as opposed to those with a genuine long term ailment. Using Ceequel ® Time and Attendance, this report can be calculated automatically over a rolling 12 month period and emailed to the appropriate line manager.
Having an easy to use system in place that allows you to not only track employee sickness but also record key information and can save your business time and money, for more information contact us today!