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Free seminar helps employers manage absence through sickness

Regional Human Resources consultants and Employment lawyers are offering a series of free seminars to provide employers with practical help in managing employment issues.

The first seminar, presented by Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors and Mayberry Consultancy, focuses on managing employee sickness absence, and is designed to inform the region’s employers of the processes to follow in the event of employee sickness, highlighting common problems that can arise and warning of any legal pitfalls.

The Managing Sickness Absence Seminar takes place on Thursday 21st March, 2013, at Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors, 12 Evolution, Wynyard Park, Wynyard, TS22 5TB. The 90 minute seminar begins at 8.30am. Places are limited and can be booked by emailing info@mayberryconsultancy.co.uk.

David Dorman-Smith, managing director of Mayberry Consultancy, said: “Employers tell us regularly that absence through illness is real issue, and that they would like information on how to manage effectively periods of sickness, whether short or long term.”

Theresa Carling, employment law specialist with Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors, added: “The aim is to give employers the opportunity to get it right first time. If the right steps are taken, then absence through sickness can be quite easily managed. The seminar will give employers practical tips which will help them reduce absence through sickness, and ultimately assist them in getting employees back to work.”

Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors is the Tees Valley’s largest full service law firm with offices in Wynyard Park, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool and Barnard Castle. It has a multi-disciplinary business law team, based at Wynyard Park, offering expertise in fields including commercial property, mergers acquisitions and disposals, intellectual property, employment and dispute resolution. For further advice, contact Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors on 01740 646000 or see www.tbilaw.co.uk .

Mayberry Consultancy Ltd, which is based in Stockton-on-Tees, provides human resource management as well as a range of business management services, training and development to meet the needs of individual clients. For more information, contact Mayberry Consultancy on 01642 796 111 or see www.mayberryconsultancy.co.uk .

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Emma Hignett, i2i Business Solutions .