The management of sick leave in my Department is regulated by Department of Finance Circular 9/2010 — Management of Sick Leave, which sets down specific procedures in this context. These include careful monitoring of sick leave, review meetings when staff return to work, reporting and liaison arrangements for staff on sick leave, and particular attention being paid to patterns of sick leave which are considered potentially problematic.
My Department has recently issued very clear guidelines setting out what is expected of staff, managers and the HR Unit, and the impact of current arrangements on sick leave rates will be carefully monitored.
The statistical information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows:
Median Number of Employees
Year
|
Headcount
|
Whole Time Equivalent
|
Sick Leave Rate
|
Financial Cost
|
2011
|
430
|
399.77
|
5.22%
|
€642,169
|
2012
|
375.6
|
354.04
|
4.85%
|
€255,735
|