A day to remember

I spent part of a day recently at a conference listening to approaches to absence management. It was a useful time and there were many differing views but i really cant sign up to this idea that HR can avoid the responsibility for ensuring staff feel part of their workplace. Everyone seems keen to push back. OH wants to say they only give advice and line managers claim they are unqualified. This is just the void we have been looking for to fill it with real HR .



So in future lets step up and help our work colleagues realise that we can make things happen. We are not signed up to everlasting welfare or unquantified pastoral care. Its the company who pays our wages so its the company that gets the input.

If the doctors don't want to make the decision then move over
If the line managers bottle at making tough choices
Then stop shredding HR to make savings and start listening to us

Its not rocket science but attendance management can make or break your organisations attempt to step up