2024 Putting an end to abuse of abscence and sick leave Webinar

Sick and tired of employees who are never there? A cure is at hand!

Every employer has them, and every employer feels ill with the cost and the inconvenience arising from the misuse and abuse of sick leave.

This practical webinar, will guide you through the aches and pains you suffer from abuse of leave of any sort, and show you how to treat the causes of this dreaded disease that attacks your productivity and profits.

Do you recognize any of these symptoms?

• The Friday and Monday duckers and divers
• The ‘every certificate is a different doctor‘
• The employee who takes a day off a month
• The latecomers and early finishers

Join us for this webinar where Andrew will guide you through 20 relevant questions businesses are challenged with daily.

Topics covered will include:

• Funny medical certificates
• Dismissing sick leave abusers
• Dealing with traditional healers
• Dealing with employees who are refused leave but are absent anyway

You may not have a strike this year, but you will have abuse of sick leave. Attend this webinar to recover from this disease which infects entire workforces if untreated.

Look at the questions that Andrew will answer beneath, and see why this is a session not to be missed:

1. What are the principles I need to understand to manage sick leave and its abuse?
2. What if an employee becomes ill on annual leave?
3. What if I refuse an employee leave, and they are absent from work anyway, but bring a sick note?
4. On what conditions can I refuse to pay an employee who is away on sick leave?
5. If a person is sick for one day on a Monday, a Friday, or the day before or after a Public Holiday, must a doctor’s note be submitted?
6. What about traditional healers and other alternative medical services?
7. How do I handle the employee who is ‘depressed’ and cannot give a return-to-work date?
8. What if I see an employee who claims to be sick out and about with a smile on their face?
9. What is a valid medical certificate?
10. What is a funny medical certificate?
11. What can I do about the employee who falsifies a sick certificate?
12. When can I reject a medical certificate?
13. What about an attendance note from a clinic?
14. What kind of pattern of absence will allow me to dismiss, and what should I look for?
15. How do I catch the employee who takes a day here, and a day there, and never brings a certificate?
16. Must I always give an employee a warning before dismissing him for absenteeism?
17. Can I go and check that an employee is at home?
18. What is a 'return to work' interview, and why is it important?
19. Can I refuse to promote or give a wage increase to employees with a bad attendance record – or even use it as a selection criterion for retrenchment?
20. What if I can prove an employee lied to me about absence?

If you have attended any of Andrew’s recent webinars, you will know just what to expect, and how practical and enjoyable these sessions are. Andrew makes learning fun, as he helps you find real world solutions to all your employment problems.

We look forward to seeing you online!

About Andrew Levy

Andrew Levy is one of South Africa's best known labour resources and is the presenter of the Labour Statutes for Payroll Professionals and Practice Update Webinar.

He has been in the labour field for over forty years, has written four books on labour law and practice. Andrew with Masters degrees in both labour economics and labour law has consulted to a wide range of large, small, local and international organizations on the management of industrial relations. He is a well-known commentator on South African labour matters in local and international radio, television and the press. His firm, Andrew Levy Employment, is based in Johannesburg, and provides consultancy, training and research.

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