Absence management is biggest challenge for HR

Absence management is still the single most challenging health and safety
issue facing the HR profession.

Around two-thirds of respondents in the IRS HR Prospects survey, which
covers 432 organisations, employing more than 2.5 million people, cite sickness
absence management as a priority.

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Absence was ranked in the top three most challenging health and safety
issues faced by HR last year.

However, almost 90 per cent of those who took part in the survey admit that line
managers do not like the task of managing absence.  www.irsemploymentreview.com