Absence management

Effective absence management is essential for maintaining productivity and compliance in today’s workplace.

At Brightmine, we provide expert guidance, tools, and resources to help HR professionals reduce unplanned absenteeism, support employee wellbeing, and stay aligned with UK employment law. Discover practical strategies, best practices, and insights to keep your organisation running smoothly while fostering a positive work environment.

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Absence management: An HR manager’s guide

Absences happen. However, when it’s unplanned or unauthorised, worker absenteeism can seriously impact your organisation’s productivity, hurt staff morale and damage your employee retention rate.

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Podcasts

Tribunal round-up: disability-related absence

Explore three key tribunal cases on disability‑related absence and learn why employers lost discrimination claims in this Brightmine …

Webinars

Webinar: Preparing for statutory neonatal care leave compliance

Brightmine editors Zeba and Stephen will guide you through how this new type of statutory leave will operate …

Blogs

Absence management: An HR manager’s guide

Keeping a grip on employee absence is crucial to long-term business growth. We look at absence management and …

Guides – How to

Guide: Creating a subsistence allowance scheme

Subsistence allowance schemes are a financial benefit designed to support employees with everyday living costs, such as meals …

Commentary and Insights

Statutory neonatal care leave: What HR needs to know

A new right for parents to take up to 12 weeks' neonatal care leave if their baby requires …

Commentary and Insights

Employment law 2025: Six key tasks for HR

We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the …

Commentary and Insights

Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers must revamp

The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await …

HR News

Statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay confirmed for 2025

The 2025-26 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been published by the …

Commentary and Insights

Labour Government employment law changes | On your radar

This resource reviews Labour Government employment law changes that are in the pipeline and how you can prepare …

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