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London, UK: 20th June
2006
Football fever
The World Cup may bring a nation to its feet but it can chop the legs
out from under time-poor human resources (HR) departments.
Last month's (May 2006) Confederation of British Industry (CBI) survey
of 400 organisations found worker time off for sickness amounting to
164m days in 2005 at a cost of £13.2 bn to the economy.
According to 40% of employers surveyed, 13% of days lost were due to
major sporting events.
Consequent disciplinary processes are increasingly complicated and
time-consuming for departmental managers and HR departments.
An online solution from Echelon Publishing provides geographically
dispersed line managers with expert knowledge on disciplinary processes
and procedures via a step by step flowchart with key stages in
Investigation, Hearing and Appeal linked to a Help file pinpointing
required actions.
By answering basic queries and explaining procedures to managers, the
system gives managers more confidence to manage processes themselves
and limits their contact with HR departments to special cases or where
a procedure demands HR involvement, enabling department staff to
concentrate on other important issues.
Echelon's Absence
Management programme is one of a range of bespoke, web-distributed
learning packages available to members of a major professional training
body. Says Echelon's David Hill: "This package provides its managers
with all the information needed to ensure that sickness absence is
handled in accordance with legislation, user policies and in a way
which reflects its organisational values."
The CBI survey found absenteeism 30% higher among public sector
workers, who missed on average 8.5 days of work in 2005 compared with
six days on average in the private sector.
Companies that were unionised averaged 7.6 days of absenteeism compared
with 5.5 days for those that were not, with similar gaps seen among
large and small employers.
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Released June 2006 on behalf of Echelon Publishing by BLP&PR
Media contact: Peter Muir Tel + 44 (0)1296 715228
Email: echelon@pmpr.co.uk
Sales contact: David
Hill Tel + 44 (0)20 8568 1500
Email: david@echelonl.com
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About Echelon Learning
Echelon Learning is a consultancy-led publishing house that integrates electronically-delivered knowledge and learning into the development of management skills and business performance. Echelon Consulting spearheads the company’s service with the development of new content in meeting clients’ requirements. This is usually derived from analysing employee knowledge and learning needs captured during client learning
programmes.
Where appropriate, Echelon Publishing then offers this new content to a wider audience by publishing the material in generic format. This is made available in the form of easy to use ‘learning nuggets’ and is complimented with business development information licensed exclusively from one of the market’s best-known providers, Bloomsbury.
Echelon e-Learning provides the electronic systems which enable content to be published, distributed and usage tracked, and offers work-based solutions to a global audience. Now Echelon’s blended learning based on a bespoke site populated with material selected to support specific courses, builds knowledge prior to the event and refreshes application when back at the desk.
