Sick pay

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...

Hundreds of workers are taking ‘sickies’ and putting pressure on payroll departments as the swine flu panic sets in, according...

A long-running case concerning whether staff can accrue holiday pay while on sick leave will be heard in the House...

Paid long-term sick leave is the most desirable health-related employee benefit, according to a survey.Financial and insurance-related health benefits are...

I have been told by one of my agency staff that the law changed at the end of October so...

How long does someone have to work for you before they qualify for statutory maternity pay? What is the national...

Paid time off for dental and medical appointments, childcare vouchers and private medical insurance are the top three staff benefits...

Can workers take annual leave during a period of sickness absence?Stringer and others vHer Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Court of...

Slightly fewer days were lost to absence last year, with UK employees taking an average of 6.7 days off each...

A fit-for-work service should come into play after an employee has been signed off work by their GP for about...

Voluntary Group Income Protection plans offered by Personal Group are changing the future of income protection available to individual employees.VGIPs enable employees to...

Local NHS employers are to implement more rigorous sickness absence management standards as a result of a new national agreement1 reached...

NHS employers and trade unions have agreed a set of new arrangements to help manage sickness absence and ill-health retirement...

An eight-year legal battle to secure part-time firefighters the same rights to pensions and sick pay as their full-time colleagues...