Sick pay

Another outbreak of Swine flu has hit the UK, and is expected to hit employees and employers severely.  With significant rise in the...

Most of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010 and employers need to make sure they...

Any legal action against an NHS Trust’s plan to refuse annual pay rises to staff who have taken more than...

From April 2010, the new electronic ‘Fit Note’ – which replaces the paper-based sick note – is being rolled out...

For a limited time only, members of Personnel Today Plus can access this fictional case study from XpertHR setting out an...

The relationship between sickness and holiday is a tricky one, following two recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions (Stringer...

Plans to allow employees to sign themselves off sick for up to two weeks at the height of the swine...

Q Do employees have the right to be told if a colleague has swine flu, or flu symptoms?Employees do not...

Q Can an employer insist that someone with swine flu symptoms comes to work?An employer will be in breach of...

Q If an employee has a child at a nursery that is closed due to swine flu, must the employee...

Q If an employee has flu symptoms, can the employer insist that he or she is tested for swine flu?Employers...

Q If an employee has flu symptoms, or has been in contact with someone with swine flu, can he or...

In January this year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that a worker on sick leave is also entitled...

Workers can accrue holiday pay while on sick leave, the House of Lords has ruled.In the final judgment in Stringer...

Employers could face additional costs if workplace adjustments are required to allow an early return to work under the new...