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Click to show the answer In what circumstances can an employee claim statutory sick pay?

Click to show the answer Are employers obliged to top up statutory sick pay to an employee's normal earnings?

Click to show the answer Is there an upper age limit on statutory sick pay?

Click to show the answer Are employees employed on a contract lasting less than three months still denied certain rights?

Click to show the answer What are the potential problem areas of offering benefits to employees in the event of sickness absence?

Click to show the answer If an employee has been signed off work by his or her doctor for a particular period can the employer allow the employee to return before the end of that period?

Click to show the answer Where an employee who has exhausted all entitlement to sick pay is to be dismissed on grounds of ill health will he or she be entitled to any payment throughout his or her notice period?

Click to show the answer Where an employee in the early stages of pregnancy is taking regular time off sick how should the employer handle the situation?

Click to show the answer Where a pregnant employee who is off sick with a pregnancy-related illness has used up her company sick pay entitlement is there any obligation on the employer to pay her at her normal rate of pay?

Click to show the answer Can an employer invite an employee to attend a disciplinary hearing while the employee is on sick leave?

Click to show the answer Can an employee's car allowance be withdrawn while he or she is on long-term sick leave?

Click to show the answer Where an employee has asked for a phased return from long-term sickness absence, can the employer decrease his or her pay to reflect the reduced hours being worked?

Click to show the answer Would an employer be at risk if it terminated the contract of an employee on long-term sickness absence before the employee's entitlement to contractual sick pay had been exhausted?

Click to show the answer Where an employer wishes to reward employees for low sickness absence, what factors must it take into account?

Click to show the answer If an employee goes abroad for treatment will he or she still be entitled to receive statutory sick pay?

Click to show the answer If an employee falls ill during a period of annual leave, should the period of sickness be treated as sickness absence or annual leave?

Click to show the answer Where an employer has reason to believe that an employee absent on sick leave is working elsewhere can it arrange for covert surveillance?

Click to show the answer Will an employee who takes time off for fertility treatment be entitled to statutory or contractual sick pay?

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