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You’ve received a fit note from an employee but disagree with the doctor’s assessment and recommendations. Are you obliged to follow what’s been said or can you challenge the advice?
Published 22.04.2016
The government has announced that the national Fit for Work occupational health (OH) referral service will be closed in March 2018. What help will still be available for employers and is anything
else on the cards?
Published 15.12.2017
For some time the government has been talking about introducing a national service to help employers tackle long-term sickness absence but, so far, it hasn’t actually materialised. What’s the latest?
Published 29.01.2014
An employee’s had several short periods of sickness. You suspect he’s feigning but don’t know how to prove it. So how could the Taxman of all people help?
Published 21.04.2005
From 6 April 2014 you will no longer be required to maintain minimum statutory sick pay (SSP) records. Does that mean you can forget about keeping employee sickness absence records altogether?
Published 25.02.2014
The government previously said that the Health and Work Service would start being phased in from October 2014. But at the end of November 2014 there’s still no sign of it. What’s going on?
Published 20.11.2014
Emergency legislation has been brought into force which temporarily allows employees to self-certify for 28 days instead of the usual seven days for statutory sick pay purposes. When do the
temporary rules apply?
Published 13.01.2022
One in three people are now classed as obese. Instead of dieting many are opting for gastric band surgery to shed those extra kilos. So where do you stand on the issue of sick pay if an employee
decides to go down this route?
Published 04.11.2009
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
Let’s suppose that a new employee has gone off sick in their first few days of employment. They’ve not yet received a salary payment, so are they entitled to Statutory Sick Pay?
Published 02.05.2013
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