What is a trigger point? Why are they important, and for what type of event should you have them?

So in your discussion, Seamus, you mentioned trigger points in your policy. What do you mean by that? What is a trigger point, why are t=importanr and for what type of event should they be used?

Seamus: I think there was some confusion around that, but the triggers that I was focussing on during my seminar were really in relation to often you'll see within policies and procedures that deal with long-term absence, or absence in general, that there are certain time points that will trigger action by the employer in relation to the employee that has been on absence.

I think it's a good idea that certainly the expectation would be that you would have a record of absences for employees. It's