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 07.11.2022
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 is due to start ten days’ annual leave shortly. However, they’ve just presented you with a fit note which says “no work for four weeks”. What should that period of time now be classed as:
sickness absence or holiday?
Published 11.06.2013
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
There will be occasions where an employee is incapacitated due to a work-related illness or injury. In this situation are they legally entitled to receive full pay for the duration of their sickness
absence?
Published 25.08.2017
An employee has just resigned giving you one month’s contractual notice. In addition, they’ve been signed off sick for six weeks. What are they entitled to be paid during their notice period - full
pay or sick pay, e.g. SSP only?
Published 09.02.2017
Employees who are off sick for a whole holiday year still accrue statutory paid annual leave. But suppose they don’t request it, what’s the legal position then?
Published 30.11.2011
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
One of your employees has had a lot of sickness absence in the past few months. However, rather than ringing in sick, they keep going home part-way through the day. Does this still count as sickness
absence?
Published 10.01.2018
Many employees will cry off sick at the first sign of illness. But suppose that one turns up who is clearly unfit for work. Could you send them home and insist that they stay there until recovered?
If so, what happens about their pay?
Published 11.03.2011