HRchat Podcast
Listen to the HRchat podcast by HR Gazette to get insights and tips from HR leaders, influencers and tech experts. Topics include HR Tech, AI, Leadership, Talent, Recruitment, Employee Engagement, Recognition, Wellness, DEI, and Company Culture.
Hosted by Bill Banham and other HR enthusiasts, the HRchat show publishes interviews with influencers, leaders, analysts, and those in the HR trenches 2-4 times each week. Shows are typically 15 to 30 minutes.
Past guests are from organizations including ADP, SAP, Ceridian, IBM, UPS, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Simon Sinek Inc, NASA, SHRM, Government of Canada, Hacking HR, Ultimate Software, McLean & Company, Microsoft, Shopify, DisruptHR, Talent Board, Virgin Pulse, Salesforce, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Coca-Cola Beverages Company.
Podcast Music Credit"Funky One"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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HRchat Podcast
How to Handle Employee Absence with Sandra Grafe
In this episode, guest host Roger Thorpe considers issues related to absence management and ways to better communicate wellness initiatives and benefits to employees.
Roger's guest is Sandra Grafe, Manager, Disability Management Services at AGS Rehab Solutions.
Sandra has been involved with disability management for the past 15 years from which her vast educational pursuits led her towards human health and wellness, completing two bachelor's degrees in Physical Health and Education (Kinesiology) and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario, respectively.
Sandra is a speaker at the Benefits and Wellness Superhero Symposium produced by Thorpe Benefits in partnership with HR Gazette - happening online on April 6 and 7.
Questions Include:
- What can be some of the effects to a business when large swathes of employees are off sick?
- What can managers do when large numbers of employees are absent from work due to health issues at the same time?
- How should managers tackle vague notes of absence and accommodation – requiring extended periods of time?
- How can leadership improve corporate culture in view of lowering levels of absenteeism?
- How can we manage an employee who takes a lot of time off, intermittently?
- Absenteeism has skyrocketed, surpassing hefty HR budgets. Talk to me about the effects.
- Okay so you’ve managed to get most employees back to work in safe ways but what about presenteeism?
More About Sandra Grafe
Sandra has shared her knowledge, by speaking at various conferences on managing accommodation in a unionized environment and measuring disability trends for effective preventive programs, with a focus on balancing management and employee needs for positive returns on investment.
Throughout her disability management career, Sandra has u
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