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The Rebelski Method
Absenteeism costs time, energy, and money. In a brief conversation, we will look at your situation and identify where you can make immediate gains in absenteeism and reintegration.
With a focus on employability, prevention, and a workday with more peace of mind for you and your team.
Want to know where you stand immediately? Download the clear Gatekeeper timeline here.
Troubled by absenteeism? | Need a guide through the forest of laws and regulations? | Prevention tips? | Gatekeeper? | Conducting absenteeism meetings?
Do you recognize this?
Absenteeism in your organization is increasing and you are losing control over it. Something needs to be done.
- Too many sick calls
- Increase in long-term absence
- Increase in mental health complaints
- Great difficulty finding work-life balance
- Employees who do not return properly to their roles
- Meanwhile, you must also maintain an absenteeism file in accordance with laws and regulations
- Workload is piling up
Take action now
Make an appointment and resolve immediately:
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Guidance in the first and second track
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Strategic advice on difficult absenteeism and reintegration files
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Practical absenteeism workshops for managers
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Employability meetings as a preventive check
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Advice on smart, feasible solutions in the workplace
CONSIDER
Take steps in the field of prevention and reducing absenteeism (costs). I will help you.
The Rebelski Method
With the Rebelski Method, you look at absenteeism differently. Not just at rules, but primarily at what is really going on.
We connect:
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absenteeism, employability, and motivation
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attention to the person with clear agreements
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your role as a manager with support from the right experts
This is how you tackle absenteeism and reintegration smartly, with a strong focus on prevention. That is why I have created the PDF “tackling absenteeism smarter” especially for you.
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Vision on absenteeism and prevention
Absenteeism often begins long before someone calls in sick.
If you know what is going on with your people, you can address problems early and minimize the chance of absence.
With attention, honest conversations, and the right help at the right time, you keep your team employable and the work remains manageable for everyone.
Gain control with a different perspective on absenteeism
Stop looking at absenteeism through a medical lens and start using an employability lens. View a sick call as: “someone is temporarily less employable.”
Have your employee think about a personal employability plan; only then do you decide whether the claim for sick leave is approved. That plan addresses:
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The consequences of absence for tasks, clients, and colleagues – and possible solutions
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Can other forms of leave or temporary adjustment of hours be utilized?
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Is other work available within the organization that fits (temporarily), even if it is just for a few hours a week (including routine tasks).
- Record what is possible and what is not (yet) possible.
This keeps your employee involved and turns absenteeism around: from an energy drain to control, cost savings, and sustainable employability.
Immediate control? Make an appointment
Want to know more? Download the Rebelski Method
Immediate workable tips? read the PDF “tackling absenteeism smarter”
Generate control over absenteeism now
Make an appointment and resolve immediately:
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Guidance and monitoring in the first and second track
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Sparring about (difficult) absenteeism and reintegration files
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Practical absenteeism workshops for managers
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Absenteeism and employability meetings with employees
Rebelski HR offers many forms of assistance for managers. Such as team development, career or improvement trajectories, absenteeism solutions, reintegration guidance, personal coaching, and HR support for development and communication.
Prevention
“Illness happens to you, absenteeism is a choice”
With the right attention and interventions, you keep your people motivated and healthy. This prevents absence and saves hassle, time, and costs.
Knowing what is going on is key, allowing you to offer help in areas such as grief, finances, and vitality, thereby preventing long-term absence. Download ten prevention tips here.
Give Vitamin A!
“I understand your challenge: it is quite complicated to motivate your employees.”
Yet, if you invite your people to share what is really going on, you can do a lot with simple Vitamin A for Attention and thereby prevent absenteeism or long-term absence.
Utilize, for example, budget coaching, financial planners, grief therapists, vitality coaches, divorce coaches, corporate social work, or a temporary adjustment of employment conditions or special forms of leave. This way, for a fraction of the absenteeism costs, you can keep someone up-and-running with a positive sense of self-worth.
And if someone does fall ill, the absence lasts much shorter.
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper, sounds like a character from the stories of Tolkien or Stephen King. Officially: Process under the Gatekeeper Improvement Act.
It sounds complicated, and it is, because the complex rules rarely align with an individual. After all, every person and therefore every file is unique. However, the laws and regulations are very rigid.
Use this handy Gatekeeper timeline and see exactly what needs to happen and when. And call me for more questions.
In three steps more control over absenteeism
1. Prevention
Prevention is smarter than cure. So:
- Work on the sustainable employability of your people.
- Learn with me how to conduct absenteeism meetings.
- I train managers/team leaders so they recognize signals and act in time.
- You get access to my network of professionals who can be deployed preventively.
2. Monitoring ongoing files
Maintain control over the rules and deadlines and prevent a wage sanction by the UWV. With my guidance…
- documents are ready and signed on time;
- the WIA application is submitted;
- employees are guided in tracks 1 & 2;
- I maintain contact with the employee, HR, company doctor, occupational health service, and UWV;
- you maintain an overview, without the (administrative) stress.
3. Guidance with impact
Absenteeism requires more than just checking boxes.
I guide managers and employees in difficult conversations, deploy interventions where necessary, and keep an eye on recovery and motivation.
This way, someone returns to work sustainably, and you have energy left for your own role and your team.
How can The Rebelski Method help you improve employability?
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