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Absence Management Policy

Meeting: 20/11/2018 - Council (Item 41)

Absence Management Policy

The material relevant to this item is the report on pages 17 to 18 in the agenda and pages 1 to 17 of the agenda supplement considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 6 November 2018.

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the revised Absence Management Policy be approved.

 

Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendation made to it by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 6 November 2018, as set out in the Cabinet report (pages 17 to 18 of the Cabinet agenda and pages 1 to 17 of the agenda supplement).  

 

Mr P Wilding (Cabinet Member for Corporate Services) formally moved the Cabinet’s recommendation and this was seconded by Mr A Dignum (Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Growth and Place).

 

Mr Wilding presented the Cabinet’s recommendation by summarising sections 3 and 5 of the report and explained the various stages and trigger points in the table in section 4.0 of the draft Absence Management Policy in the appendix (page 3 of the agenda supplement); hitherto there had been no trigger points at all. He also referred to sections 12 (general guidance – sickness absence) and 13 (other relevant guidance) in the draft policy. He was pleased to say that sickness absence was now on a downward trend, currently (October 2018) at eight days per person per annum, and the trend was expected to continue on a downward trajectory.

 

Mrs C Apel (Chichester West and Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC)) and Mr K Martin (East Wittering and OSC member) said that the OSC had examined this revised policy, which was excellent and they commended the very good work which had been done in achieving a well-defined procedure and a balanced approach. 

 

Decision

 

On a show of hands the members voted in favour of the Cabinet’s recommendation with no votes against and no abstentions. 

 

RESOLVED

 

That the revised Absence Management Policy be approved.

 

 


Meeting: 06/11/2018 - Cabinet (Item 597)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its appendix in the agenda supplement and to make the following recommendation to the Council:

 

That the revised Absence Management Policy be approved.

 

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the revised Absence Management Policy be approved.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its appendix in the agenda supplement.

 

This item was presented by Mr P Wilding (Cabinet Member for Corporate Services).

 

Mr T Radcliffe (Human Resources Manager) was in attendance for this matter.

 

Mr Wilding summarised sections 3 and 5 of the report and referred to the trigger points in the table in section 4.0 of the draft Absence Management Policy in the appendix (page 3 of the agenda supplement). He was pleased to say that sickness absence was currently on a downward trend.

 

Mr Radcliffe echoed Mr Wilding’s point about the reduced level of sickness absence, which was nearing the target of eight days per annum per member of staff. The revised policy was one of several steps being taken to address staff absence and welfare, which included stress risk awareness/assessment and manager training. Sickness absence rate levels were also falling at CDC’s Chichester Contract Services. Whilst sickness absence had been unacceptably high, it was hoped that there would be further improvements in the currently decreasing levels.

 

Mrs Lintill said that the improved trend was to be welcomed but emphasised the need to have due regard to staff welfare at the informal as well as the formal stages of the absence management process.

 

Decision

 

The Cabinet voted unanimously to make the recommendation set out below.    

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the revised Absence Management Policy be approved.

 

 


 

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