As a manager, you will encounter a wide variety of obstacles and issues over the course of your career. While productivity and department or office growth are leading metrics for the successful manager to engage with, there are also some core responsibilities that a manager has \u2013 chiefly, to their staff, and the proper management of the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A key part of this responsibility is correctly managing the impact of employee injury or illness \u2013 whether or not said injury or illness was a result of a workplace incident. Here, we will examine the key steps you need to take as management in the event of employee injury, as well as the steps you should take to ensure your employee returns to their role in a safe and supported manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are at the site of the incident when your employee is injured, you should endeavour to provide medical assistance immediately. Your workplace may have a designated first-aider<\/a>, who you should make attempts to contact. While immediate care is being administered in accordance with first aid guidelines, you should call for an ambulance or arrange alternative transport to a hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your next step, once the employee\u2019s safety or transport to further care has been secured, should be to properly report the incident that led to their injury. You may have an internal incident reporting process to follow, but there is also a wider legal responsibility to report serious incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), via a programme called RIDDOR<\/a>. This is a legal requirement for serious and fatal injuries, as well as critical \u2018near misses\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your employee\u2019s recovery may necessitate further time from work \u2013 time which will likely be shored up by a doctor\u2019s note to the same effect. As an employer, you must honour the terms of the note and provide adequate leave from work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proper support comes from an equitable approach to guiding your employee\u2019s return to work. Rather than forcing them back after the period of their doctor\u2019s note is over, converse with them about the best route to a return, and whether this could be done via a phased approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\nReport the Incident<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After the Accident<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Leave from Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Legal Assistance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n