Governors and employing authorities recognise the importance of teachers' health and welfare and responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work (NI) Order 1976 to provide a safe workplace.
The policy includes advice on the monitoring of teacher absence reported as sickness absence. It does not apply to other authorised absences e.g. holidays, jury service, ante-natal care maternity leave etc. This one-hour webinar focuses on paid sick leave for teachers.
Read the NI teacher attendance procedure. The aim of this model policy on teacher attendance is to provide a framework that schools in Northern Ireland can adopt to monitor teacher absence reported as sickness absence.
More information and guidance on managing teacher leave of absence and procedures are available on the Department of Education website.
