Employee abscence publication

[madmaz50]

Can an employer issue a list of employees number of days abscence to everyone at the company ?

[mccfluff]

i issue a member to heads of department each month that detail the absence's however it does not name the employees just a percentage of days lost per each department. If the dep head wants more details they need to come to me for the breakdown.

[brenda]

What does the member feel about being issued to dept heads each month.? Memo I think .

[factor-fiction]

Yes they can, but I think you mean may they do it- is it against the law in some way.
I'm not sure but I can't see why anyone would take issue. Consider a department of 10 people . Everyone who works there is aware of when others are absent so it's not a big step to publish a daily/weekly list. However it may be better to put a positive spin on it by publishing attendance figures not absence data. Now if they published the reason for absence that would be a breach of confidence.
This is just my view - Buildersmate may have a more informed view though.