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By the beginning of 2013 most GPs will be using the DWP’s new electronic fit note system, “e-Med”. Why is this change good news for employers?
Published 24.09.2012
Two-thirds of employers are experiencing the same problem with fit notes: inappropriate advice from the GP! What happens if you can’t implement it?
Published 10.01.2011
Let’s suppose that one of your employees claims to be disabled. You want to confirm the position with their GP, but whenever you ask for their written consent to do this you’re met with a point-blank
refusal. Where do you stand?
Published 11.02.2014
When the government recently issued updated guidance on fit notes, parts of the media said that it “had granted employers permission to reject the advice contained in a GP’s fit note for the first
time”. Is that right?
Published 17.05.2013
Many employees call in “sick” only to post a comment on Facebook which spills the beans about what they’re really up to. How do you tackle this problem and decide whether it’s fraudulent sickness
absence?
Published 19.11.2010
One of our subscribers has just encountered their first fit note. But they can’t implement the GP’s recommendations. So they’ve asked us to explain what happens in this situation and if there is
anything else they could do.
Published 11.05.2010
You suspended an employee and had arranged a disciplinary hearing. However, he produced a GP’s note claiming that he was too stressed to attend. You re-arranged it and the same thing happened. What
can you do?
Published 16.06.2005
On April 6, GP sick notes will be replaced with new “fit notes”. These are supposed to slash the 172 million working days lost to sickness absence each year. But will they live up to the government’s
promises?
Published 23.02.2010
An employee has just been signed off by their GP as being not fit for work. They have sent in their medical certificate, along with a note which says “do not contact me whilst I am off sick”. Must
you comply with their request?
Published 10.05.2018
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