SICK LEAVE ABUSE, ILL-HEALTH RETIREMENT, ABSENTEEISM & INCAPACITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING (TWO DAYS)

Managing employee attendance, sick leave usage, incapacity cases, and ill-health retirement is one of the most complex responsibilities within HR, Labour Relations, and line management. In the public sector and many large organisations, mismanagement in these areas leads to operational disruption, financial losses, legal disputes, and audit findings. This specialised training equips participants with the knowledge and tools needed to manage these matters lawfully, fairly, and effectively.

• Reduce Sick Leave Abuse and Strengthen Attendance Management: Understand the patterns, warning signs and root causes of sick leave abuse. Gain practical tools, templates and strategies to curb abuse while respecting employee rights.
• Apply Labour Law Correctly and Confidently: Learn how the BCEA, Labour Relations Act, Public Service Regulations and relevant case law guide decision-making. Avoid costly mistakes that result from procedural or substantive non-compliance.
• Manage Incapacity Cases Fairly and Legally: Get clarity on the two forms of incapacity—ill-health and poor performance—and learn how to conduct investigations, consultations and assessments correctly.
• Navigate Ill-Health Retirement Requirements: Understand medical boarding processes, GEPF rules, HRM requirements and what constitutes sufficient medical evidence to support or decline an application.
• Strengthen Audit Readiness and HR Governance: Reduce risk exposure by ensuring proper documentation, case files, processes and decisions that withstand scrutiny by auditors, courts, unions and oversight bodies.
• Improve Efficiency and Reduce Costs: Effective management of absenteeism and incapacity leads to improved productivity, fewer disputes, reduced overtime and better workforce planning.
• Enhance Managerial Confidence and Decision-Making: Equip supervisors, HR practitioners and labour relations officers with practical frameworks, checklists and real-life case studies to handle difficult cases with confidence.
• Promote Employee Wellness and Organisational Stability: Learn how to balance organisational needs with employee wellbeing, ensuring fair treatment while maintaining service delivery standards.