Who Should Attend
HR directors, managers, business partners, generalists, and employee relations professionals who advise on recurring absences, inconsistent attendance, return-to-work discussions, or management responses to attendance concerns.
How You Will Benefit
Assess attendance patterns without jumping to conclusions about their cause.
Identify information needed before recommending the next step.
Help managers conduct focused, respectful attendance conversations.
Recognize when leave, accommodation, or specialist input requires further consideration.
Establish clear responsibilities for communication, documentation, and follow-up.
What You Will Cover
Learn how to move from a manager’s frustration about absences to a structured assessment of the situation. Examine what attendance records establish, what remains unknown, and which questions HR needs answered before advising action.
Work through a case involving recurring short absences, missed commitments, and uneven workloads. Determine how to discuss the concern, clarify expectations, and choose a response that accounts for the available facts and applicable requirements.
Seminar Outline
Establish What the Attendance Record Shows
Review dates, frequency, reporting practices, and operational effects. Separate documented facts from assumptions and identify gaps that could change your assessment.
Conduct a Focused Attendance Conversation
Prepare questions that clarify the circumstances and the employee’s perspective. Help managers explain work concerns without speculating about motives or making premature commitments.
Determine the Appropriate Next Step
Assess whether further information, workplace support, a leave or accommodation process, or another management response requires consideration. Recognize when specialist guidance is needed before proceeding.
Set Expectations and Evaluate Follow-Through
Clarify reporting responsibilities, communication arrangements, and review points. Determine what to document and how changed circumstances should affect subsequent decisions.
Program Details and Credits
Registration includes the 90-minute live seminar, recording access for 12 months after the seminar date, and a certificate of completion documenting 1.5 learning hours. Revisit the guidance before attendance discussions and when new situations arise.
Acceptance toward employer requirements, professional association credits, licensing requirements, or other credentials is determined by the receiving organization.
Experience You Can Trust
When managers want immediate action on attendance, HR must determine what the facts support. Seattle Consulting Group brings experience in HR risk audits, workplace risk advisory, and management accountability, building on the consulting practice Jim Woods founded in 1998. This seminar applies that practical focus to the questions you must resolve before recommending action.
Our Satisfaction Guarantee
Attend the seminar and judge its value for yourself. If you are not satisfied that it provided practical guidance you can use in your work, contact Seattle Consulting Group within seven calendar days after the seminar. We will refund your registration fee in full.
Bring Clear Judgment to Attendance Decisions
Build confidence in addressing recurring absences and guiding managers through the next conversation. Strengthen your reputation for assessing the facts, clarifying responsibilities, and keeping difficult situations moving toward an appropriate resolution.
Live Seminar | 90 Minutes | CA$399 Per Person
12-Month Recording Access | Certificate of Completion | Satisfaction Guarantee
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Cancellation and Transfer Policy
We understand that work demands and plans can change. If you cannot attend, you may send a substitute at no additional charge or transfer your registration once to a future offering of the same seminar, subject to availability. Simply notify us in writing before your original seminar begins. Any difference in tuition will apply to transfers.
For a full refund, cancel in writing at least 21 calendar days before the seminar begins. Cancellations received fewer than 21 calendar days before the seminar are non-refundable, but the substitution and transfer options above remain available until the seminar begins. Registrations unused without prior notice are non-refundable.
If Seattle Consulting Group cancels or reschedules your seminar, you may choose a transfer or a full refund.
Send your cancellation, substitution, or transfer request to sales@seattleconsultinggrp.com. These cancellation terms do not limit our satisfaction guarantee or any rights provided by applicable law.
Program Disclaimer
Seattle Consulting Group seminars provide professional education and practical guidance to support informed workplace decisions. They do not provide legal, medical, or other individualized professional advice, and attendance does not establish a consulting or advisory relationship.
You remain responsible for applying the learning appropriately to your circumstances, workplace policies, collective agreements, and applicable laws.
Where provided, certificates document completion and Professional Development Hours for your records. Acceptance toward employer requirements, professional association credits, licensing requirements, or other credentials is determined by the receiving organization.