Corporate HR Solutions
Summer 2006
 
Editors Message
Workplace Investigations – Are you being set up?
Dealing Positively with Absenteeism – A Strategic Approach

Corporate HR Solutions

Editor's Note

This edition of ENews deals with two contrasting issues where good HR risk management practices can have a positive impact on the workplace.

The first is based on some interesting developments that have been revealed over the last 12 months as part of our growing workplace investigative services practice. There are many traps for the unsuspecting in the area of investigating allegations of workplace misconduct and this month’s article aims to bring readers up to date on two areas that have the potential to cause problems if not dealt with effectively.
The second item is about absenteeism. Too many organisations set out without an adequate strategy to deal with this issue – and don’t pay enough attention to the need for a clear plan and strategy to tackle what is a truly complex HR issue. Find out the essential elements of an absenteeism strategy in this timely article.
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Workplace Investigations – Are you being set up?

Corporate HR SolutionsLatest developments in Workplace Investigations – Some Risk Management Issues.

Investigating allegations of misconduct by employees in your workplace is widely seen as being one of the less popular activities HR staff or in-house counsel are called upon to perform.

While the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness are well established and known by most investigators, our work in this area has identified some emerging trends that will continue to impact on this sensitive area of practice. Don’t be caught out by malicious mobbing allegations – read this article to ensure you stay up to date.

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Dealing Positively with Absenteeism – A Strategic Approach

Corporate HR SolutionsMany organisations accept a certain level of staff absence as an established cost to doing business. However, our work with a number of organisations, particularly those in the public sector, has shown that substantial and ongoing improvements in attendance patterns can be achieved.

What is most notable is that if properly implemented, these changes can be made with little or no opposition from the majority of staff or their employee associations and unions. Find out how.

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