Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Bank and public holidays (England and Wales)

  A table listing the upcoming and past bank holidays dates for England and Wales.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Bank and public holidays (Scotland)

  A table listing the upcoming and past bank holidays dates for Scotland.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Bank and public holidays (Northern Ireland)

  A table listing the upcoming and past bank holidays dates for Northern Ireland.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Sick pay

  Updated to reflect changes to SSP entitlement in coronavirus cases, effective from 24 December 2020 and related to self-isolation requirements.

• Type:

  FAQs

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

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory sick pay rises

  The rate of statutory sick pay increases.

• Date:

  9 December 2020

  Type:

  News

  April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

  The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement pay and sick pay from April 2021.

• Type:

  Statutory rates

  Statutory sick pay

  Updated to include the proposed statutory sick pay rates for 2021/2022.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

  Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory sick pay for 2021/22.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Short-term sickness absence policy

  Updated to include the proposed rate of statutory sick pay for 2021/22.