Portsmouth Technopole – Workshop Enterprise

Absence from work caused the UK workplace £18 Billion pounds last year in lost productivity and countless issues and problems. Managing and dealing with work place absence can be easy and proactive to handle if you know how. This lively and interactive workshop will show you the basic steps in setting up good practices to combat absence and how your business need not be a contributor to the staggering £18 Billion statistic.

• Learn about how to set an absence benchmark that is fair and representative.
• Learn how to have a good policy around reporting and returning from absence.
• Prevention is always the best cure – hear some best practice around how to stop absence.

Adam Myers is Head of HR Services at Stellamar. He has over 20 years experience in working in people functions all over the world for companies such as Safeway, Morrisons, Walt Disney World, and Hamleys of London. If you have any specific absence issues, feel free to bring them to this forum for a frank discussion on what you can and cant do.