Join the Pre Employment Revolution
POSTED ON 5th October, 2018
On 4th October, 2018 Direct Health Solutions held a webinar on our new approach to on-line pre-employment assessment. 58 interested participants attended to discover the advantages of identifying ‘people risks’ early to enhance the health, wellbeing and productivity of their workforce across the employment cycle. Many of our clients question the value of on-line medical […]
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Absence Management Training
POSTED ON 1st June, 2018
On 31ST May, 2018 Direct Health Solutions facilitated an absence management training webinar with 75 front-line leaders, supervisors, mid level managers, and HR professionals attending. The webinar covered the following key topics: Â Topic 1: Common versus best practice absence management; Topic 2: The psychology of motivated absence and the entitlement mentality; Topic 3: A specific […]
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The Bradford Factor & Employee Absenteeism
POSTED ON 17th May, 2018
One of the most common mechanisms for managing employee absenteeism is the Bradford Factor. The Bradford Factor is a scale that can be utilised to monitor how disruptive frequent short-term absence can be relative to more occasional or longer-term absence. Fill out the form below and the Whitepaper will be emailed to you. Contact us for […]
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Absence Management Essentials
POSTED ON 11th October, 2017
The annual cost of sickness absence has climbed to almost $30 billion for Australian organisations, according to a survey published recently by Direct Health Solutions. Here is some practical advice and guidance for HR and line managers on managing sickness absence. The most common problem survey respondents reported was recurrent, short-term absence. Challenge For the Manager […]
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Outsourcing Absence Management – HR Trends
POSTED ON 13th September, 2017
There is an increasing trend among Australian organisations implementing an outsourced absence management program. This trend is due to the high levels of absenteeism in Australia, the effort and time it takes to minimise its impact, and limitations in internal capabilities and systems. Recent organisational surveys in Canada and the US reveal that close to […]
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Coca Cola Amatil & Paul Dundon Co-Present
POSTED ON 24th April, 2017
Jon Baker (Head of Health and Safety at Coca Cola Amatil) and Paul Dundon co-presented a workshop at the OHS Leaders Summit Australia on ‘Tele-health @ Work’. They spoke on how the evidence supporting the effectiveness and business benefit of telehealth for absence management and injury triage is rapidly growing. Paul shared his wealth of field experience in […]
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