Committee details

In January 2012, the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Committee received a scoping report for the Sickness Absence Management review detailing the Task Group’s initial findings and as a result, agreed the following objectives for the review:

          Objectives:

i.          To revise the Council’s Absence Management Policy & procedures to ensure they take account of iTrent, are in line with best practice, and written in a more formal assertive language;

ii.         To identify improvements in:

a. the provision of Management training    

b. the induction programme for all new staff

iii.       To explore ways of introducing a change in culture within the workforce moving away from a policy of ‘managing absence’, towards one of ‘encouraging attendance’. 

Please note that the interim and final reports of this Task Group will be considered by the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Committee as the parent Committee which set up the review.