Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Statutory sick pay

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to include the proposed statutory sick pay rates for 2020/2021.

• Sick pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory sick pay for 2020/21.

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

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory sick pay for 2020/21.

• Short-term sickness absence policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory sick pay for 2020/21.

• Long-term sickness absence policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory sick pay for 2020/21.

• April 2020 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

  Date:

  9 January 2020

  Type:

  News

  The Government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay from April 2020.

• Time off over Christmas and New Year

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  We round up our resources that will help employers manage requests for time off during the festive season, when business needs may range from requiring a certain level of cover to shutting down operations. Our resources include research on employers' arrangements for work and rest over the Christmas and New Year period, to help you benchmark your organisation.

• Long-term sick leave: Holiday carry-over limited to four weeks, confirms ECJ

  Date:

  21 November 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In TSN v Hyvinvointialan Liitto Ry; AKT v Satamaoperaattorit Ry, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that, in the absence of domestic legislation or collective agreements to the contrary, workers on sick leave are not entitled to carry over any paid annual leave over and above the EU minimum of four weeks.

• Holiday entitlement on long-term sickness absence policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on TSN v Hyvinvointialan Liitto Ry; AKT v Satamaoperaattorit Ry, in which the European Court of Justice confirmed that, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, holiday carry-over for workers on sick leave is limited to four weeks.

• Policy on sporting and other special events

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include dates for the 2020 Olympics and the football European Championships.