People management

Current thinking on Managing Attendance (PDF - 368 KB). A certain level of employee absence is an unavoidable feature of working life, but this does not mean that all absences should be regarded as inevitable and accepted passively. It is possible to reduce the amount of absence caused by aspects of work and also to tackle it by proactively managing absence due to sickness. This report summarises the current thinking and related evidence on the efficacy of various approaches from academic and practitioner literature.

This report was published alongside our Value for Money report, "Managing Attendance in the Department for Work and Pensions" (HC 18 2004-2005) in December 2004.