Here’s a clue: Two out of three employees who fail to show up for work aren’t staying home because they’re sick. A 2005 survey found that 21 percent miss work to handle “family issues,” another 18 percent are dealing with “personal needs,” and the rest say they’re stressed or simply need a day off.

If you’re operating a lean workforce already, every missing worker cuts productivity and increases the strain on your employees who show up for work as promised. And your bottom line takes a hit as well, with $660 in added costs per employee every year due to unscheduled absences.

Order this practical, interactive webinar recording that will give you the most current do's and don’ts for managing paid time off (PTO) for your workers. You’ll learn all about PTO banks and the latest strategies, such as allowing employees to buy or sell days off.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• The primary reasons your workers take sick leave when they’re not ill
• The traditional time-off policies that have proved most effective in reducing surprise absences
• Why you should consider introducing a PTO bank that combines sick days with holidays, vacations, and “mental health days”
• How your time-off policies may be affected by state and federal laws (e.g., the Family and Medical Leave Act) and by your insurance benefits (e.g., short-term disability)
• The options you should consider when a worker has exhausted his leave but still needs time off because of hardships or emergencies
• How to handle PTO carryover, and how to cash out unused days when an employee terminates
• The best techniques for communicating new leave policies to your workers and encouraging their buy-in
• The most common complaints workers have about PTO banks – and your best options for addressing those concerns with your own employees
• The most common complaints workers have about PTO banks – and your best options for addressing those concerns with your own employees
• The steps you can take to prevent “presenteeism” – workers coming in sick to avoid using up their PTO days

Aliza F. Herzberg, Esq., is a partner in the New York office of law firm Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky, LLP. She represents companies in litigation and arbitration relating to employment discrimination, harassment, noncompete and employment agreements, and other employment law issues. Before joining Olshan, Herzberg headed the labor and employment practice at Morea Schwartz. She earned her law degree at the Fordham University School of Law.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

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