Acid Test

How to: Rate your absence management

Absence is a management issue, not a medical one. It can be hard to know if you are doing enough, though, or how to improve. This quiz will help you benchmark your company's absence management efforts against best practice guidelines. How good are you at managing employee absence?

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* 1. I know my company's current absence level

Yes

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* 2. Time lost to unplanned absences is below 3%

Yes

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* 3. My company has set trigger actions and managers apply them consistently

Yes

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* 4. Employees at risk of long-term absence are referred to Occupational Health, physiotherapy or other support services

Yes

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* 5. Line managers regularly meet long-term absentees in person

Yes

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* 6. Return-to-work interviews are carried out consistently on the day of return

Yes

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* 7. Our sick pay costs are down compared to last year

Yes

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* 8. I am sure we aren’t paying absentees whom we shouldn’t pay

Yes

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* 9. Our absence levels do not affect our client retention

Yes

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* 10. I know what the main causes of absence are (e.g. stress, back pain etc.)

Yes

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* 11. My company offers relevant employee health benefits (EAP, PMI etc.)

Yes

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* 12. We organise employee wellbeing or engagement initiatives

Yes