An employee who’s gone off sick has accrued a stack of paid annual leave as they’ve hardly taken any time off in the past year. Can you insist that they use their paid holiday entitlement instead of
taking sickness absence?
Published 23.02.2021
You’re going to hold a welfare meeting with an employee who’s currently on long-term sick leave. How should you open the meeting and what questions can you ask that are non-discriminatory?
Published 20.02.2023
According to recent reports, one NHS Trust is going to deny pay rises to its employees who have taken “excessive” sickness absence. Could the directors adopt a similar approach to save the company
money?
Published 13.10.2010
Many companies pay employees statutory sick pay only during periods of sickness absence. But could you opt to pay directors and managers who are incapacitated their full salary instead, or would that
be a no-no?
Published 13.11.2013
Paying an employee when they are off sick can be a major drain on your company’s finances. But can you refuse to pay them Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)where their illness, injury or disability is
self-inflicted?
Published 18.01.2011
One of your employees is on long-term sickness absence and their sick pay entitlement has now run out. Do they continue to accrue statutory holiday entitlement even though they are not at work nor
receiving any sick pay?
Published 13.01.2023
Due to the credit crunch, you want to cut costs; a colleague mentioned reviewing your sickness absence policy as a way of doing this. What are the key non-contractual areas that you could tighten up
on?
Published 03.12.2008
You’ve noticed that one of your employees is regularly taking an odd day’s sickness absence here and there. What’s the best way to tackle this short-term sickness absence problem?
Published 29.08.2023
Any healthcare professional who’s a registered nurse, occupational therapist, pharmacist or physiotherapist can now issue a fit note. But are they able to sign employees off work for any reason and
give advice outside their areas of expertise?
Published 20.09.2022
Some 415,000 employees miss a minimum of one day’s work each year due to unexpected dental health problems. Is there anything you can do to help prevent this pain and what might be the business
benefits?
Published 16.10.2019