One of our suppliers was recently discussing the problem of absenteeism in the public sector (link to: www.systemsvalley.com/blog/blog-post/2009/09/16/public-sector-absenteeism-costs-pound4-billion-a-year.html) with the manager of a high-profile public sector organisation. The manager admitted that while members of her team do take a high number of sick days, she finds it difficult to raise the issue with the employees concerned without any concrete proof that they’ve been feigning sickness.

This highlights an issue many organisations undoubtedly face. Absenteeism may cost UK employers an average of £692 per employee per year, but if managers only have a gut feeling that employees have been taking unwarranted sick days and have no statistical evidence to back up their belief, it can be almost impossible to address the situation.

The advantage of implementing a leave management system such as LeaveMaster in your organisation is that it creates a permanent, online record of sick leave for every member of staff. By revealing which employees have been taking “little but often” sick leaves, LeaveMaster provides proof of employee absenteeism and give you accurate, indisputable data that you can refer to while addressing the situation with the employee or that you can use should the issue go to a tribunal.

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