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The Absence Support for Managers series offers practical guidance for supporting employees through a range of leave situations. Each module is available on-demand, so you can watch whenever you need it.
Absence Support for Managers
Navigate employee leaves with greater clarity and consistency
As a manager, you're often the first person employees approach when they need time away from work. But knowing what to say, where your role begins and ends, and when to bring in HR or leave professionals isn't always straightforward. The following modules are designed to help managers navigate employee leaves.
Leave overview
Learn how to recognize when an employee may need leave, respond supportively, and connect them with the right resources. Highlights include:
Signs that an employee may need leave
Your responsibilities before, during, and after leave
Helpful approaches to sensitive conversations
When to involve HR, a leave administrator, or other support resources
Maternity and paternity leave
Managers can help employees prepare for leave, navigate time away from work, and transition back while maintaining appropriate communication and boundaries. Highlights include:
How to respond when an employee shares a maternity or parental leave need
What you should and shouldn't ask
How to support employees before, during, and after leave
Mental health leave
Learn how to recognize when support may be needed, protect employee privacy, and create a more sustainable return-to-work experience. Highlights include:
Why mental health leave can be harder to recognize and discuss
How to focus on observable work-related changes without making assumptions
What you shouldn't and shouldn't ask
Leave for family caregiving
Understand how caregiving can affect employees at work and how you can provide appropriate, practical support. Highlights include:
Signs that an employee may be balancing significant caregiving demands
When flexibility and workload support may help
How proactive conversations can help employees stay engaged throughout their journey
Leave for cancer and serious illness
Explore how to support employees as treatment, leave, recovery, and return-to-work needs related to cancer or other serious illnesses change over time. Highlights include:
Why serious illness rarely follows a predictable timeline
Which needs you can address and when to bring in additional partners
How to support long-term success and phased or flexible returns
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