We recently wrote a comparison of OH and GP reports here on our blog but, looking at this topic from another angle, how useful are GP reports? We often find that managers will request a GP report as well as an OH report and it is perhaps useful to understand what you can expect to benefit from a GP report. […]

Mental health issues are a real problem even though a lot of us may still be reluctant to address them. 1 in 4 people in the UK suffer from some kind of mental health issue. Based on this fact, as a manager, you will come across this issue. So instead of avoiding the issue, and […]

Every company has employees that pull sickies. It’s a given. However, it’s the excuses that have really caught our attention.

We are always commenting on the lack of focus on cost of absence. Every survey that is published shows that companies do not know what their cost of absence is. We remind business owners, FDs and HR time and again that absence is the second highest employment cost after salaries. However, it occurred to me […]

XpertHR published results of a new absence management survey this week. The findings of the survey, which focused on how companies tackle absence, confirm what we already knew: Line managers are in a key role when it comes to managing absence. The respondents had ranked their most and least effective absence management initiatives and 4 […]

Telephone assessments have become the common approach to Occupational Health. Honeydew Health also now recommends teleconsultations in many cases. Although, we often face some resistance from managers who are new to the telephone appointments. Here is our list of useful facts and frequently asked questions about telephone assessments in OH case management.

So you have an employee who is absent with a long term ill health condition. As the manager you wonder what the future looks like for the employee. What is their prognosis? When are they likely to be able to return to work? Will they be able to do their job in full when they […]

After salary, absence is the second largest cost to employers. Every company should set absence management goals and monitor them regularly to make sure that this significant cost does not get out of hand. Absence management works on three levels, from the individual to the organisation, so goals should be set for each area:

Utilising Big Data and statistics through analytics can sometimes be a daunting task. HR software is rapidly innovating to make the task easier and also to ensure that companies – both big and small – can save and make money in the process.

One thing Honeydew knows how to do well is implement Absence Management effectively. However we also know that it can be tricky for companies to implement a new and better way of dealing with staff absenteeism. We are here to make it simple for you to encourage as many of your team to embrace an […]