An employee had a stag weekend and several staff were invited. Come Monday some of them rang in sick. You know that they’re hungover and don’t deserve company sick pay, but how should you play it?
Published 27.11.2008
You want to revamp your company sickness policy in order to make it more effective. What are the best quick fixes that you can use in order to see a downturn in sickness absence levels?
Published 03.05.2007
In the past two years 43% of employers have had staff off work sick for more than four weeks. If one of your employees is on long-term sick leave, what are the rules concerning ongoing telephone
contact?
Published 22.10.2019
Many employees assume that when they’re off sick their employer can’t make any attempt to contact them. But this isn’t true; you can even visit them at home provided you go about it the right way. So
how is this done?
Published 27.01.2011
How do you deal with an employee who you believe has taken an unacceptable amount of sick leave? What are some quick non-contractual fixes for tightening up procedures in the future?
Published 16.10.2008
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 15.05.2023
An employee recently called in sick for a couple of days. During their subsequent return to work interview, they explained that they had taken the time off due to a relationship breakup. Is this a
genuine reason for sickness absence?
Published 06.10.2022
It’s a proven fact that employers who conduct return-to-work interviews have lower sickness absence rates than those who don’t. So if you want to introduce such a system for the first time, what’s
the best way to go about it?
Published 02.07.2012
An employee phones in sick one Monday morning. He says it’s a minor problem and that he’ll be in the next day. Only you don’t see him until the following Tuesday! How should you deal with this?
Published 27.01.2005
To discourage unnecessary sickness absence in your workplace, you could advise employees how much it costs you each year. Why might this help and how should this information be issued?
Published 09.10.2018