Ill health and absence


Organisation: Healthy Working Lives

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As an employer, navigating the absence and return to work process of employees can be a challenge. Healthy Working Lives makes it easy to understand in this section of their website.


Healthy Working Lives outlines how to record and support staff absence with five key web pages to help you go through the process. From this link, you can access the following web pages:

  • Supporting staff attendance
  • Recording staff attendance
  • Supporting a return to work
  • Manage the return to work process
  • Employees with health conditions

Each page has all the pertinent information you need to know about supporting an employee who has been off work. The pages also include relevant links to further information, as well as tools to guide you.

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Organisation: Healthy Working Lives
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