To help minimise staff sickness absence rates over the winter months, it’s been suggested that you could offer all employees a small financial incentive to have a ‘flu and/or COVID-19 jab. Why is
this a bad idea?
Published 26.10.2021
An employee regularly suffers from terrible migraines and needs to go home early. Can you require them to make up the time they miss when they are feeling better or is this problematic?
Published 24.04.2017
Winter brings with it higher rates of sickness absence. But this time around there’s also swine ‘flu. Yet the government has now launched its free vaccination programme, so can you insist an employee
has it to protect your business?
Published 20.11.2009
Let’s suppose that an employee has telephoned in saying they feel a bit under the weather. However, rather than going off sick, they’re offering to work from home which would mean they still get full
pay. Do you have to say “yes”?
Published 26.03.2013
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
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 who’s been signed off sick for two weeks has several weeks’ paid annual leave outstanding. As you only pay statutory sick pay during sick leave, they’ve asked to convert their sickness
absence to holiday. Is this OK?
Published 18.05.2020
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