Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Statutory sick pay

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate in force from 6 April 2020.

• Statutory sick pay

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate in force from 6 April 2020.

• Sick pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect government guidance published on 3 April 2020 about recovery of SSP for coronavirus cases, and the increase in the rate of statutory sick pay effective from 6 April 2020.

• April 2020: Employment law changes

  Date:

  3 April 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  We round up our key content on April employment law changes.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Temporary changes to workplace policies and procedures

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated with additional information on furloughing employees as an alternative to redundancy, following the publication of more details about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 26 March 2020.

• If an employee is advised to self-isolate to avoid the risk of spreading coronavirus, are they entitled to sick pay?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: School closures and the Job Retention Scheme

  Date:

  23 March 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Catriona Aldridge, senior associate at law firm CMS, outlines the latest measures introduced to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, including school closures and the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and what these mean for employers.

• If an employer's workplace is closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, must it continue to pay employees?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Letter informing an employee absent from work due to sickness that their pay will be stopped or reduced

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate, in force from 6 April 2020.

• Short-term sickness absence policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the statutory sick pay rate, in force from 6 April 2020.