Decision - Attendance Management Procedure

RESOLVED

(1)   That the committee noted the views of all parties who had contributed to the review of this procedure and thanked them for their input.

(2)   That the committee agreed to the current Attendance Management Procedure being amended to remove the mandatory requirement to always hold a formal absence review meeting  when an employee’s sickness reached an attendance concern level.

(3)   That the committee agreed to amend the current procedure to ensure that managers always held a return to work discussion when an employee returned to work after a period of sickness absence.

(4)   That the committee noted that further training for managers would be provided to equip them to determine when it was appropriate to convene a formal Absence Review meeting where an employee’s sickness absence reached an attendance concern level.

(5)   That the committee requested Human Resources to include the Disabled Workers Forum in discussions on the training for managers.

(6)   That the new Attendance Management Procedure be reviewed after six months by the appropriate committee.

(7)   That the committee instruct officers to make the necessary amendments to the Attendance Management Procedure to give effect to recommendations (2) to (6) inclusive to take effect from 1 April 2012.