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Connect4Work - Mission & Values

At Connect4Work, we provide an exceptional service offering customised workplace solutions to increase employee retention by reducing absenteeism through safe, timely and sustainable stay-at-work and return-to-work planning.

 We are committed to supporting organisations in Ireland and around the world to transform their traditional approach to absenteeism by focussing more on promoting attendance, ability and retention.

We envisage a world where work supports are readily available, openly discussed, and achievable for companies and employees alike.

Connect4Work - Mission & Values

At Connect4Work, we provide an exceptional service offering customised workplace solutions to increase employee retention by reducing absenteeism through safe, timely and sustainable stay-at-work and return-to-work planning.

 We are committed to supporting organisations in Ireland and around the world to transform their traditional approach to absenteeism by focussing more on promoting attendance, ability and retention.

We envisage a world where work supports are readily available, openly discussed, and achievable for companies and employees alike.

Mary Finn

Work has been a constant throughout Mary Finn’s adult life and she has enjoyed it a lot. It never occurred to her what it would be like not having a job or being on absence leave – until she worked on a short-term program supporting people back to work after an absence.

Mary quickly understood it is not always straightforward for an employee to return to work or for the employer to plan the return. Challenges often present themselves and when people are unsure how to work around them both employers and employees lose out.

Mary created Connect4Work because she realized organizations needed assistance to provide supports for employees returning after an absence and reduce absence from work. The longer the absence, the more difficult the return can be – 50% of people do not return after a 6month absence, increasing to 80% after 12months.

Mary Finn

Work has been a constant throughout Mary Finn’s adult life and she has enjoyed it a lot. It never occurred to her what it would be like not having a job or being on absence leave – until she worked on a short-term program supporting people back to work after an absence.

Mary quickly understood it is not always straightforward for an employee to return to work or for the employer to plan the return. Challenges often present themselves and when people are unsure how to work around them both employers and employees lose out.

Mary created Connect4Work because she realized organizations needed assistance to provide supports for employees returning after an absence and reduce absence from work. The longer the absence, the more difficult the return can be – 50% of people do not return after a 6month absence, increasing to 80% after 12months.

Absenteeism

Through Connect4Work, Mary now works closely with organizations to rethink how they view and manage absenteeism. She wants to flip the more traditional approach to absence management upside down and transform it into an opportunity for organizations to engage with staff in a very different and more positive way.

When working with these organizations, reasonable accommodations are explored – regular updates are provided through progress reports keeping everybody informed and confidence grows to support valued employees return to work. Even in situations where neither employer nor employee can see a pathway back to work, Connect4Work’s goal is to lay that first steppingstone and focus on the positive outcome of a safe, timely and sustainable return to work.

Absenteeism

Through Connect4Work, Mary now works closely with organizations to rethink how they view and manage absenteeism. She wants to flip the more traditional approach to absence management upside down and transform it into an opportunity for organizations to engage with staff in a very different and more positive way.

When working with these organizations, reasonable accommodations are explored – regular updates are provided through progress reports keeping everybody informed and confidence grows to support valued employees return to work. Even in situations where neither employer nor employee can see a pathway back to work, Connect4Work’s goal is to lay that first steppingstone and focus on the positive outcome of a safe, timely and sustainable return to work.

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