Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Can an employer place an employee on furlough leave if they are off sick?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What are the implications of the test and trace service for employers?

  Date:

  26 June 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Employers are being asked to "play their part" in the NHS test and trace service by encouraging workers to comply with requests to self-isolate and to support them while they are in isolation. Jo Broadbent, Counsel Knowledge Lawyer at Hogan Lovells, explores some of the legal and practical issues for employers of the test and trace service.

• Right to statutory sick pay when self-isolating due to contact with coronavirus introduced

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Employees who are self-isolating for 14 days because they have been notified that they have had direct contact with coronavirus (COVID-19) are entitled to statutory sick pay.

• Sick pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the position of employees who have been notified of contact with someone with coronavirus (COVID-19), and SSP entitlement, effective from 28 May 2020.

• What medical evidence can an employer request from employees who are absent with coronavirus symptoms, when government advice is not to attend a GP?

  Type:

  FAQs

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

  Type:

  FAQs

• Statutory sick pay rebate scheme launched

  Date:

  26 May 2020

  Type:

  News

  Employers are now able to recover any coronavirus-related statutory sick pay (SSP), with HM Revenue & Customs accepting applications from today.

• Recovery of statutory sick pay for coronavirus cases introduced

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Eligible employers are entitled to recover statutory sick pay paid to employees incapacitated by coronavirus (COVID-19).

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

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the addition of a loss of sense of taste or smell to the symptoms that should trigger self-isolation.

• What should the employer do if an employee is reluctant to return to work as the coronavirus lockdown is lifted?

  Type:

  FAQs