Absenteeism & Sick Leave Abuse

Workshop dates:

Johannesburg: For future dates email customerservice@norcazacademy.co.za
Durban North: For future dates email customerservice@norcazacademy.co.za
Cape Town: For future dates email customerservice@norcazacademy.co.za

Course fee:

Single:  R3,500.00 (R3,990.00 incl. VAT)
Group booking of 3 delegates or more : R3,000.00 (R3,420.00 incl. VAT) per delegate – T&Cs apply.

In-House Training sessions: available on request – send an e-mail with specifications to admin@norcazacademy.co.za.

Who Should Attend?

• Executive Directors of small to medium businesses
• HR and IR professionals
• HR Practitioners and Consultants
• Line Managers and Supervisors
• Executives and others responsible for labour law matters

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Module 1: Absenteeism – the nature of the problem

• Why people claim sickness
• Absenteeism in the work place context
• Defining illness
• Illness behaviour according to the employee / employer
• The doctor as the ‘gatekeeper’
• The importance of work
• Alienation of employees
• Interventions to reduce absenteeism
• Procedural, preventative and reintegration measures

Module 2: Legal aspects of work place absenteeism due to sickness

• Rights and responsibilities
• Leave and absenteeism
• Absence with and without permission
• Some principles
• Public holidays
• Deserters and Termination of service of deserters
• Sick leave provisions in the BCEA
• The Labour Relations Act and LRA requirements
• Previous test for incapacity
• Code requirements
• Labour Court: Key words
• Temporary ill health
• Procedure for temporary and permanent INCAPACITY
• Other procedures for temporary or permanent incapacity
• Sick leave abuse
• What is a valid medical certificate? 

Module 3: Psychosocial factors in the work place and management of absenteeism

• Importance of work and personal wholeness
• The work relationship
• Conflict potential
• Interventions to reduce absenteeism
• Procedural, preventative and reintegration measures 

Module 4: Industrial relations and dispute resolution

• Factors regulating the relationship
• Institutions
• Contract of employment
• Termination of the contract of employment
• The two stages of conflict
• Conflict and power
• Transformation of conflict
• Grievances and discipline
• Value of effective procedures
• Prerequisites for good grievance procedures
• Discipline
• Principles of fairness and legality
• Substantive and Procedural fairness
• CCMA, Labour Court and bargaining councils
• Conciliation and arbitration

Module 5: Various forms of absenteeism

• Absenteeism Custom and Practice
• Medical Absenteeism & Sick Leave
• Sangoma sick notes – the Traditional Healer factor
• HIV/AIDS and Absenteeism
• Draft Code of Good Practice – Incapacity
• Absenteeism related to Alcohol misuse
• Absenteeism and Traditional Healers
• Absence due to Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Responsibility/Compassionate leave
• Absence due to Annual, Study and Unpaid Leave
• Shop Stewards Leave
• Elective Leave
• Absence during Notice Period
• Deserting / Absconding
• Relevant Policies & Procedures