Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Date:

  9 January 2020

  Type:

  News

  April 2020 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 and sick pay from April 2020.

• 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

  Holiday entitlement on long-term sickness absence policy

  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.

• 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").

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form to record a long-term sickness absence return-to-work meeting

  A model form to record an informal return-to-work meeting (also known as a "return-to-work interview") taking place after long-term sickness absence.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Policy on long-term sickness absence return-to-work meetings

  A model policy to use as a guide to conducting an informal return-to-work meeting (also known as a "return-to-work interview") taking place after long-term sickness absence.