Minimizing Absenteeism in the Workplace
HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION OF NEW BRUNSWICK – FREDERICTON CHAPTER
Date: Thursday, May 28th
Time: 8:00am – 10:00am
Location: Delta Hotel, Fredericton
Cost: $20 for members and students and $35 for non members (includes breakfast)
In most organizations the high rate of absenteeism has an adverse effect on quality and quantity of production, efficiency of employees, decreased customer satisfaction, also negatively effecting performance/morale of other employees and the organization as a whole. Absenteeism has the potential to have numerous organizational impacts including operational consequences, greater financial costs to the employer, as well as a greater employee workload. Each of these impacts has the potential to cripple an organization's operational ability, and seriously undermine its efforts to stay competitive or viable.
Many organizations now recognize that short-term disability and/or sick leave costs are far more costly than long-term disability coverage. Medavie Blue Cross has developed a tracking system and case management support service that will assist employers in identifying how to respond to this trend in their workplace. By tracking attendance data, we can work pro-actively to develop short and long-term strategies to improve attendance in the workplace. While the attendance management support program provides employees with the support and resources they need, it also recognizes that employees are ultimately responsible for their attendance in the workplace. The program will educate employees on resources available to them and work with them to overcome any barriers to improve attendance.
Managing employee absenteeism while maintaining confidentiality;
A systems approach in preventing absenteeism by tracking and providing case management support;
Metrics and integrated trends;
Strategic approach to addressing health and productivity in the workplace;
Case Study – See what White Rapids Manor accomplished by implementing this attendance management support program.
Presenters
Annette Patterson
Director, Health Management Solutions
Medavie Blue Cross
Since joining Medavie Blue Cross more than 20-years ago, Annette has held several management positions in the areas of Claims, Audit, Provider Affairs, Managed Health Care and Group Product Management. Today, as the Director, Health Management Solutions, Annette is responsible for leading a cross-functional team of professionals who engage stakeholders from various professional backgrounds in collaborative dialogue to develop and implement health promotion and prevention strategies resulting in healthy benefits programs that support organizational health strategies.
Bonnie Fulton
Regional Manager, Employee Support Services
River Valley Health
Register by May 25, 2009 at http://www.hranb.org/eventregistration.php?ID=509