Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Date:

  19 March 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Coronavirus and statutory sick pay

  Consultant editor Darren Newman discusses the changes to the statutory sick pay system brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, and suggests the current crisis may well result in a full review of the system.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Entitlement to statutory sick pay for those who are self-isolating due to coronavirus introduced

  Employees who are self-isolating due to coronavirus (COVID-19) are deemed incapable of work for the purposes of SSP.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Should a policy triggering disciplinary action after a certain amount of absence be suspended for employees with coronavirus symptoms?

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory sick pay rises

  Updated to reflect that the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2020 has been published.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Time off over Christmas and New Year

  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.

• Date:

  21 November 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

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

  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.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Policy on sporting and other special events

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

• Date:

  15 October 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Labour turnover and sickness absence rates

  We discuss trends in labour turnover and sickness absence rates based on data gathered by XpertHR.

• Date:

  27 September 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Use of trigger points and targets in managing absence: XpertHR survey 2019

  Sickness absence interventions are most commonly triggered by employees being absent on three or four different occasions in a rolling 12-month period or by an absence for a total of 10 cumulative days.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter confirming what has been agreed following a long-term sickness absence return-to-work meeting

  A model letter to confirm what has been agreed following an informal long-term sickness absence return-to-work meeting (also known as a "return-to-work interview").