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Archive for November, 2008

Mock Tribunal – Absence Management Training

By Susan Montgomery on the 25th November, 2008. No comments

New training available in response to the East Midlands Attendance Management Summit 6th Nov 2008
Contact us now by visiting at www.ukbct.co.uk for further information on out training.
Mock Tribunal  – An interactive event to engage managers, to understand the company policies and procedures, the implication of their actions, the requirements of legislation and the key roles [...]

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Sickness at work: the big story – David Bolchover is the author of The Living Dead: The Truth about Office Life

By Susan Montgomery on the 25th November, 2008. No comments

The Times

March 20, 2008
Why do smaller companies have fewer absences? And what can the big corporations do?David Bolchover
It’s a lovely, snug life, being employed by a large organisation. You stroll in to the office, you have a chat and a coffee and a couple of pointless meetings, all in the secure knowledge that your benevolent [...]

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Police officers are not malingerers – From The TimesOctober 30, 2008

By Susan Montgomery on the 25th November, 2008. No comments

Police officers are not malingerers
Police officers are not shirkers who neglect their duties to take sick leave
Sir, In response to Andy Hayman’s commentary (“We must weed out shirkers to help the genuine cases”, Oct 23) and Helen Nugent and Jack Sidders’s report (“Surge in police sickness costs taxpayer £90m a year”, Oct 23) it should [...]

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Surge in police sickness costs taxpayer £90m a year – The Times

By Susan Montgomery on the 25th November, 2008. No comments

Surge in police sickness costs taxpayer £90m a year
Helen Nugent and Jack Sidders
From The Times

October 23, 2008
Police forces lost more than one million days to long-term sick leave last year at a record cost of nearly £90 million, an investigation by The Times has found.
The cost has soared by more than 20 per cent in [...]

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Top Asian officer settles claim

By Susan Montgomery on the 25th November, 2008. No comments

Top Asian officer settles claim 
 
Tarique Ghaffur has been a police officer for 34 years
Profile: Tarique Ghaffur
Britain’s most senior Asian police officer has settled a planned legal action against the Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur had reportedly complained of being undermined by Scotland Yard colleagues.
He has withdrawn claims that Met Commissioner Sir [...]

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Ministers back ‘fit note’ plans

By Susan Montgomery on the 25th November, 2008. No comments

More than 175 million days work are lost a year through sickness
Employee “fit notes” are to be brought in as part of government efforts to cut the amount of money lost to the economy from workplace absenteeism.
The idea is for GPs in England to spell out those tasks workers can perform rather than the traditional [...]

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Training courses from Business Centred Therapy

By admin on the 13th November, 2008. No comments

The titles below are available in a number of formats, all delivered on site or at our regional training centre, Bio City, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF:
Fast class (1 hour): aimed at relevant stakeholders who want an introduction to the subject matter.
Master class (2 hours): for relevant stakeholders who want a more extensive [...]

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