Issue - meetings

Report by Head of Improvement and Strategic HR

A report detailing the sickness absence figures for the financial year 2009/10, and providing a comparison, where appropriate, with the figures for 2008/09 was considered.

Decision

1.             Noted the current position and statistics for 2009/10;

2.             Noted the initiatives that have been implemented since December 2009;

3.             Endorsed the ongoing management of sickness absence in a consistent way to promote an attendance culture within Argyll and Bute Council; and

4.             Expressed satisfaction with the transparency of the report and agreed that this provided a huge opportunity for painless cost reductions by managing absence.

(Reference: Report by Head of Improvement and Strategic HR, submitted)