The Cabinet Office has admitted that government departments “can do more” to reduce staff sickness absence.Figures showing that the absence...
Sick pay
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Stringer v Her Majesty’s Revenue & CustomsFACTS This case involved two groups of workers employed by Her Majesty’s Revenue &...
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Kent Police has defended its absence rate following a report revealing that almost 10% of officers take more than 28...
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On 26 July, Hansard reported that “In the period July 2006 to June 2007, the Department [of Work and Pensions]...
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This updated version of the guide originally published in 2004 includes an overview of developments in government policy, such as incapacity benefit reform, which will have a major effect on how employers deal with incapacitated employees as well as covering important changes to employment law.
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Absence Advice Note should replace Med 3 sicknote, says occupational health provider association
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Med 3 sicknote should be replaced with an Absence Advice Note (AAN) as part of a radical overhaul of...
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GPs should be removed from the responsibility of sickness certification in the early days of absence, a GP leader told...
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Government proposals for employers to provide sick pay from the first day of illness have been scrapped, it was announced yesterday
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In the third part of our in-depth series, Sally O'Reilly reports on the government's proposals to get a million people off incapacity benefit and back into work, and the likely impact on the UK's OH nurses
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Changes to statutory sick pay rules could make matters worse for employers.
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Our receptionist has called in sick. She had a 'boob job' while she was away on holiday, but the surgery went badly. What should we do?
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Thousands of workers in the footwear industry have been granted a pay rise and their first ever sick pay scheme.
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The government's new health and wellbeing strategy has the potential to revolutionise the way sick employees are rehabilitated and kept healthy in the workplace, a leading health expert has claimed
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One in five employees admit to faking sickness.
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Absenteeism – it’s a struggle isn’t it?I don’t mean my own or other HR directors’ rates of absence, which must...