Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot: Employers' management of long-term sickness absence

TY - BOOK

T1 - Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot: Employers' management of long-term sickness absence

AU - Nice, K

AU - Thornton, P

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - The study explored how employers view and deal with sickness absence. It wascommissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to inform work undertakenthrough the Government’s Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot (JRRP), which is trialling ways of helping people on sick leave to return to work. In-depth interviews were carried out with 53 representatives with differing roles in 22 public, private and voluntary sector organisations in four of the six pilot areas. The main aims were to understand how sickness absence policies translate into practice and to investigate any needs for extra help or information to manage sickness absence.

AB - The study explored how employers view and deal with sickness absence. It wascommissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to inform work undertakenthrough the Government’s Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot (JRRP), which is trialling ways of helping people on sick leave to return to work. In-depth interviews were carried out with 53 representatives with differing roles in 22 public, private and voluntary sector organisations in four of the six pilot areas. The main aims were to understand how sickness absence policies translate into practice and to investigate any needs for extra help or information to manage sickness absence.

KW - ill/disabled adults

KW - health services issues

M3 - Commissioned report

VL - vol. 227

T3 - Department for Work and Pensions Research Report

BT - Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot: Employers' management of long-term sickness absence

PB - Corporate Document Services

CY - Leeds

ER -