Managing sickness absence

As part of B&Q's attendance programme any DDA related absence is recorded separately and the focus is on what reasonable adjustment can be made to retain any employee. We use Access to Work regularly: around £30,000 was spent last financial year on equipment for disabled employees. A recent example was a General Manager who after several operations was having difficulty in writing. While this wasn't a problem in store, as he used someone to take notes, it was difficult when he attended meetings. We have provided him with a lightweight portable laptop to make notes and download into the system when he returns to the store. This has made it much easier for him to carry out his job.

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