Recognise and Respond

Managing Absence:
Stress & Anxiety

Stress and anxiety absence is the most complex and high risk of absences to manage.  This essential training will help Managers to follow the right procedure, manage medical evidence, identify disability, deploy reasonable adjustments - and have answers for the the tricky issues that crop up.
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Recognise and call out harmful behaviours when you experience them

Training on ...
  • Identifying stress and stress related absence
  • Understanding your legal responsibilities
  • The policies & procedures that apply
  • Is it work-related stress - does it matter?
  • Carrying out risk assessments
  • Mental health assessment tools / medical evidence
  • Identifying disability and its consequences
  • Capability dismissals
  • The issues likely to arise and how to manage them 

Course contents

Course Author

Julia Gidney

Julia is uniquely placed to offer expert training on complex employee complaints and claims utilising her own career-wide knowledge base and by drawing from her extensive network of expert colleagues. 

Initially a leading UK employment law Partner at top UK law firms for 15 years, Julia was then Head of People and Compliance at two major international Aerospace Groups of companies for the same amount of time, before turning to complex workplace investigations work through her business Independent Reports Limited.  Julia created Wdidi to demystify, simplify and bring well-informed practical common sense solutions to the tricky, costly problems encountered by employers and employees every day.

She remains on the Solicitor’s Roll of England & Wales as a non-Practising Solicitor.

Help your Managers to handle stress related absence

It's all too easy for Managers to make costly mistakes when handling stress & anxiety absence.
This online training walks Managers through each step of the stress absence process.
Training that reduces legal and costs risks & supports fair processes.

Educates Managers & supports colleagues

Easy to follow training that simplifies the stress absence process.  An essential step-by-step guide. 

Breaks down what needs to be done, when and how - and explains the consequences of getting it wrong. 

Reinforces required cultural behaviour

Reinforces appropriate and respectful absence management behaviours, while facilitating efficient progress.

References the policies & procedures & legal obligations that apply.  Upskills management with essential know-how.

Reduces the risk of reputational damage

Reduces the risk of your personnel causing reputational harm to the organisation or themselves.

Helps employers to communicate expected outcomes and to set the standards to be followed.
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