Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Order of proceedings for a stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on Awan v ICTS (UK) Ltd, in which the EAT held that an implied term prevented the dismissal of an employee with long-term disability cover.

• Letter confirming the outcome of a stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on Awan v ICTS (UK) Ltd, in which the EAT held that an implied term prevented the dismissal of an employee with long-term disability cover.

• 2019 statutory pay rates revealed

  Date:

  28 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay from April 2019.

• Statutory sick pay rises

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Updated to reflect that the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 has been finalised.

• Sickness absence rates and costs survey 2018

  Date:

  28 June 2018

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR's latest sickness absence rates and costs shows a reduction in absence rates nationally, but an increase in the cost to employers.

• Sickness absence record

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Sickness absence self-certification form

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Short-term sickness

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Long-term sickness

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Obtaining medical reports policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.