Absence Management Toolkit

A complete, consistent process for recording, reviewing and reducing sickness absence — with wellbeing at its heart.

What's inside:

• Bradford Factor Calculator — printable calculator, worked examples and editable trigger points

• Absence Tracker — rolling 12-month log for each employee with a running summary

• Absence Review Meeting Template — record a formal review when an employee reaches a trigger point

• Wellbeing Discussion Guide — questions, warning signs and signposting for supportive conversations

• Manager Conversation Script — word-for-word scripts for short-term, formal and long-term absence

• Occupational Health Referral Checklist — consent, what to include, questions to ask and next steps

• Attendance Improvement Plan — targets, support, review dates and a review log

• Return-to-Work Interview Template — a quick form to complete after every absence

• Bonus: Excel workbook — automatic Absence Log and Employee Summary that calculates working days, rolling 12-month spells, Bradford Factor scores and trigger stages for your whole team

Fully editable. Instant download — two files: a Word document and an Excel workbook.