The Fit for Work service is now up and running for GP referrals, so employers need to be prepared for contact from the service regarding their employees. FAQs about how the occupational health referral system will work were popular on XpertHR in August.
Other popular questions cover sickness absence dismissals and bank holidays for an employee on maternity leave.
2. What is the Fit for Work service?
3. Do employees have to give their consent for a referral to the Fit for Work service to be made?
8. Can unused statutory annual holiday be carried forward to the next holiday year?
9. For how long should an employer keep an employee or ex-employee’s personnel files?