Key Benefits of Absence Rehabilitation

There are numerous benefits of Absence Rehabilitation to both employees and employers:

Employer:

• Absence Rehabilitation is tailored to the individual needs of the employer.
• Cost effective – whilst a Nurse-led system is more expensive in the short-term, having effective routing for employees from day 1 of their absence usually means saving a number of days in terms of lost productivity and absence cost in the longer term. There is no need to wait for a few days before they see their GP or a nurse practitioner.
• Complements internal (HR, medical) processes or external (medical, protection, occupational health) provision.
• Only authorised staff can view the information providing confidentiality for employer and employee.
• Enables company to fulfil legal obligations and mitigates risks associated with employee grievance claims.
• Enables an accessible audit trail.
• Allows absence to be effectively managed and ownership taken at various stages.
• Liaison between Absence Rehabilitation and the employer’s private medical insurance or income protection provider – linking employee benefits together, where possible.
• Provides empathy and care for employees as an added employee benefit.

Employee:

• Can enable employees to benefit from access to specialists who can get them back to work quicker.
• Allows faster recovery and return to health.
• Employees are treated in a fair and consistent way when reporting their absence.