The government have recently scrapped the fit for work programme that supported long-term sickness. The scheme was introduced in 2015 and will be scrapped by 31st March 2018.
The scheme was a free GP-led service that offered impartial advice to employers, where the employee was off sick for four weeks or more. However, 65% of doctors have not referred a single person under the scheme.
With employees losing an average of 30.4 productive days a year through sickness absence and under performance because of ill health, how is your business handling absence?
At ECHR we can assist you with developing an absence management policy and programme, review and manage your employees on long term sick and work with you to reduce absence in your business.