12 month rolling period

MenInBlack

Hello people
So I got told from my manager at work that my 12 months rolling period starts from 10th September 20. This is in regards to absence. Does anyone know what they mean by 12 months rolling period? Does it mean going into the future or the past?
The last time I was off was in July 2019 and I've not been off since.
Any responses appreciated 
Thanks

Lomast

If you have not been off since July last  year it makes no difference, It is common to use a 12mth rolling period for absence i am guessing previously  they used a different  system and are changing from 10th Sept 

JReacher1

Your employer probably uses the Bradford factor.
https://app.croneri.co.uk/questions-and-answers/calculating-absence-using-bradford-factor-0

superbigal

Best have a couple of sickies Tuesday & Wednesday as they will not count 

TBagpuss

I would guess that they are changing how they look at absences - probably in the past it was a fixed period - e.g. 1st Jan to 31st Dec, so if you were off once in October, and then again in January, the two absences would fall into different years so would each count as 1 absence in 12 months.
Under a rolling system, if you were off sick once in October then again in January it would count as 2 absences in 12 months, as they are less than 12 months apart, even though they are not in the same calendar year.
My guess is that September is when the new system starts.

TELLIT01

MenInBlack said:

Hello people
So I got told from my manager at work that my 12 months rolling period starts from 10th September 20. This is in regards to absence. Does anyone know what they mean by 12 months rolling period? Does it mean going into the future or the past?
The last time I was off was in July 2019 and I've not been off since.
Any responses appreciated 
Thanks

A 12 month rolling period and a start date for that period makes no sense.  A 12 month rolling system means that a sickness on the 7th of September 2020 disappears on the 7th of September 2021.  An absence on the 10th September will disappear on the 10th September 2021 and so on.

If they mean that they will be moving to a 12 month rolling system from another system on the 10th September that's a different thing.

AskAsk

as far as i am aware for absence (like illness) it means within the 12 months period from your first illness.  a bit difficult to explain, but when that 12 months expire then it will be 12 months from the last absence within that expired 12 months.  so you are pretty much on watch all the time really.