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Driving down sickness absence at First Group Nurse‐led system promotes employee health

Driving down sickness absence at First Group Nurse‐led system promotes employee health Purpose – This paper aims to describe a nurse‐led absence‐management program from Active Health Partners that has been used to monitor and reduce absence at First London and Berkshire, part of First Group, the international transport company. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents First London and Berkshire's reasons for implementing the system, how it works in the company and the results. Findings – The paper reveals that First London and Berkshire experienced significant cost savings through a 20 percent drop in employee absence. Morale increased as the company invested in employee well being. Practical implications – The paper presents a program that could benefit many organizations and their employees. Originality/value – The paper describes how absence‐management schemes can help to manage and reduce absence in a company, by boosting employee health and productivity. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Resource Management International Digest Emerald Publishing

Driving down sickness absence at First Group Nurse‐led system promotes employee health

Human Resource Management International Digest , Volume 16 (2): 2 – Mar 21, 2008
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2008 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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0967-0734
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10.1108/09670730810860708
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Purpose – This paper aims to describe a nurse‐led absence‐management program from Active Health Partners that has been used to monitor and reduce absence at First London and Berkshire, part of First Group, the international transport company. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents First London and Berkshire's reasons for implementing the system, how it works in the company and the results. Findings – The paper reveals that First London and Berkshire experienced significant cost savings through a 20 percent drop in employee absence. Morale increased as the company invested in employee well being. Practical implications – The paper presents a program that could benefit many organizations and their employees. Originality/value – The paper describes how absence‐management schemes can help to manage and reduce absence in a company, by boosting employee health and productivity.

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Human Resource Management International Digest – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 21, 2008

Keywords: Absenteeism; Health and safety; Buses; United Kingdom

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