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An employee is injured and is currently absent on company sick pay. As he’s not really “ill”, can you ask him to do some paperwork despite the fact that he has a GP’s certificate signing him off? Are
you able to challenge the certificate?
Published 12.07.2007
A subscriber recently granted an employee’s last-minute holiday request so they could go skiing. But the only winter break they got was one in their leg! The question is: are they entitled to sick
pay as the injury was their own fault?
Published 24.03.2010
An employee was badly injured while participating in a sporting activity and has been signed off work for several weeks. As it’s a self-inflicted injury, must you pay them during their sickness
absence and, if so, how much?
Published 02.10.2015
It’s not uncommon for businesses to operate a two-tier sick pay scheme. Usually managers will receive enhanced sick pay whilst everyone else gets Statutory Sick Pay only. Is this system OK, or could
it be potentially discriminatory?
Published 07.10.2010
An employee has been off sick for several weeks and you’re paying them full sick pay. However, you’ve just received a reliable tip-off that they’ve started a part-time evening job. Surely they can’t
do this? What’s the legal position?
Published 25.03.2011
An employee’s off sick. His GP signed him off for two weeks but as your own occupational health advisor says he’s fit to return now you withhold contractual sick pay. Is this always a safe thing to
do?
Published 18.01.2005
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
Employees will often look for ways to try it on at your expense. One trick is to get signed off sick just before they’re due to go on holiday and then say that they shouldn’t lose that leave. If this
happens, how should you deal with it?
Published 30.04.2009
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