Course on Managing Absent Employees

Course on Managing Absent Employees

May 5th and 6th, 2026 (2 PM to 6 PM)

Online – Live Streaming – Using the ZOOM Web Conferencing App

Absenteeism is a problem that affects all companies, regardless of their size. Therefore, companies with high absenteeism rates may experience a drop in productivity, profitability, and extra costs.

In this context, absence management is an essential tool for the human resources area, providing accurate and strategic information about employee health. Experience shows that few companies have the right tool to manage various cases of absences, reducing or eliminating their causes.

In this course we will study labor and social security legislation, addressing the various types of absences and their causes, presenting best management and monitoring practices with the aim of eliminating or reducing absenteeism rates in companies.

Objectives of the Course on Managing Absent Employees

• To provide guidance on the procedures to be adopted by Human Resources to avoid, reduce, and correctly manage employee absences, as well as the processes for granting benefits with the INSS (Brazilian National Social Security Institute), thus reducing the risks and costs associated with absences
• To understand the main impacts of absences on companies and employment contracts.

Target audience

HR managers, lawyers, accountants, analysts and assistants in personnel administration, and other professionals interested in the content.

Course Syllabus for Managing Absent Employees

1. Proactive Conduct – Prevention

• Health and Safety at Work – An Investment Perspective
• CIPA, PPRA, PGR, PCMAT, PCMSO
• Interview – Worker Profile
• External Environment – ​​Social Life and Risk Factors
• Internal and External Work Environment – ​​Risk Factors
• Epidemic Control
• Workers' health profile
• Technical Nexus vs. Causal Nexus
• Additional Medical Examinations
• Pre-employment Medical Examination
• Periodic Examination
• Return-to-Work Examination
• Job Change Examination
• Exit Exam

2. Analysis of the Main Reasons for Absence

• Invalidity
• Common Illness and Occupational Illness
• Workplace Accident
• Employee's arrest
• Sickness benefit and Maternity Leave
• Military Service
• Paid and unpaid leave
• Maternity leave for pregnant women, adoptive parents, etc.

3. Medical Certificate

• Priority order
• Required Information – Validity Requirements
• Deadlines and submission methods
• Falsified certificate
• Medical certificate for feigning illness – Consequences
• Issuing a false certificate – criminal liability
• Professional Code of Ethics
• Employer's power of organization, control, and discipline – Limits

4. Management and Monitoring of Absences

• Rights and Obligations of the Employee
• Providing support to employees during times of vulnerability (illness and/or accident)
• Necessary precautions during the period of absence
• Proper medical assessment and guidance to ensure a quick recovery of work capacity
• 100% Return – preparation for returning to work and support for the employee upon their return
• Well-being and self-confidence for the employee
• Support for the family, in terms of social and financial security

5. Absence and its Effects on the Employment Contract

• Suspension and Interruption of an Indefinite-Term Employment Contract
• Suspension and Interruption of Fixed-Term Employment Contracts (Probationary Contract, Apprenticeship Contract, etc.)
• Job security benefits for pregnant women, accident victims, and members of the internal accident prevention commission (CIPA).
• Member of an employee representation committee x Probationary/apprenticeship contract – Can I terminate the contract?
• Effects on Vacation Leave – Illness, Work Accident, Disability, etc. – Statute of Limitations
• Effects on the 13th salary, etc.

6. Absences and their Effects on Companies

• Declaration of leave of absence in GFIP/SEFIP
• Declaration of leave of absence in eSocial (File S.2230 x Table 18, S
• Absence codes
• Required and Optional Fields
• Transmission deadline
• Penalties
• Effects on benefits maintained by the company (VR, VA, Basic Food Basket, health plan)
• Salary supplement
• Continued or not the collection of FGTS (Severance Indemnity Fund)
• Impacts on FAP – increase or reduction of the Adjusted RAT rate

7. Diseases that Exempt You from Taxes

• Advantages of buying a brand new vehicle
• Withholding Income Tax
• Property tax
• IPI
• ICMS
• Vehicle Property Tax (IPVA)

8. Leave of Absence and its Effects on Social Security (INSS) – Social Security Benefits

General Concepts:

• Beneficiaries: Mandatory insured persons, optional insured persons, and dependents
• Affiliation and Registration with Social Security
• Grace Period – Maintaining insured and dependent status
• Shortage of social security benefits
• Diseases that are independent of deficiency

Disability Retirement:

• Requirements for granting the benefit
• What is disability?
• Impact on the Employment Contract and Absence Management
• Employer obligations
• Information in GFIP/SEFIP
• Termination of Benefits

Sick leave, work-related accidents, and their impact on the FAP (Factor of Adjustment for Accidents at Work):

• General obligations of companies; collection of FGTS (Brazilian severance pay fund) and information in GFIP (Brazilian social security contribution form)
• Presentation of several medical certificates
• Order of preference and requirements for the validity of medical certificates
• Occupational health examination – PCMSO; implications for the employment contract
• Provision of benefits (medical assistance, food and meal vouchers, etc.) during the period of absence
• Management of employees on leave
• Scheduled discharge: extension, reconsideration, and appeals for maintaining benefits
• Characterization of the workplace accident (causality, indirect causality, and contributing causality)
• Technical Link in Social Security and general guidelines on administrative appeals to Social Security
• Temporary job security for the injured worker;
• Civil and criminal liability of the employer and third parties;
• Workplace accident reporting

Accident Assistance: situations that entitle you to the benefit

Death Pension:

• Employee's death and the company's obligations
• Requirements for granting and maintaining the benefit

Vocational rehabilitation

• Accumulation of benefits

Workload: 8 hours

Instructor

• Lawyer with 28 years of experience in consulting and advising companies on labor and social security legislation.
• Professor of Social Security Law at Paulista University – UNIP and lecturer at various professional training institutes, promoting the development, training and updating of professionals linked to the areas of Law, Human Resources and Personnel Administration.
• He worked as a Legal Consultant in Labor and Social Security Legislation and as a Professor in the Professional Education area of ​​the IOB Group.
• Companies with projects DEVELOPED and presented: CORREIOS (Brazilian Postal Service); SABESP (São Paulo State Water and Sewage Company); ZF DO BRASIL (Zero Factories of Brazil); MOTOROLA DO BRASIL (Motorola of Brazil); CBTU (Brazilian Urban Train Company); BANCO DO BRASIL (Bank of Brazil); DUAS RODAS (Two Wheels); CATERPILLAR DO BRASIL (Caterpillar of Brazil); CAVO Serviços e Meio Ambiente SA (CAVO Services and Environment SA); Grupo Camargo Correa (Camargo Correa Group); Federal Court of Florianópolis; Yamana Desenvolvimento Mineral S/A (Yamana Mineral Development S/A); Holcim Brasil SA (Holcim Brazil SA); Anglo American; SOFAPE SA (Sofape SA); Construtora Norberto Odebrechet SA (Norberto Odebrecht Construction SA); Bunge Alimentos SA (Bunge Foods SA), among others.

Important Information

Date: May 5th and 6th, 2026

Hours: 2 PM to 6 PM

Investment: R$ 1,150. Special offer for registrations paid until April 21, 2026: R$ 950. This price includes the course, materials, and electronic certificate.

Format: Online Transmission – The course will be broadcast live and students can watch it on a computer with internet access. Students will be able to interact with the instructor, making comments and asking questions during the course.

Finished the training and still have some questions?

After completing the training, students will have 30 days to resolve any doubts with the instructor via email.

This training can also be conducted in-company, either in person or online.

For more information about the Course on Managing Absent Workers, contact us by phone at (11) 3230-2714 or access the link: https://bit.ly/3p6zvIT