Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Sickness absence management

  Type:

  Good practice manual

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

• Statement of fitness for work (fit note)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter to an employee on long-term sickness absence asking for his or her preferred method of keeping in contact

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter inviting an employee to attend a review meeting to discuss the progress of his or her phased return to work following long-term sickness absence

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter setting out arrangements for a phased return to work following long-term sickness absence

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter to an employee who has not submitted medical evidence for a period of sickness absence over seven days

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter reminding an employee of the consequences of not submitting medical evidence for a period of sickness absence over seven days

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter informing an employee that a period of sickness absence for which the employee has not submitted medical evidence is to be treated as unauthorised absence

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• Letter to a sick employee requesting to visit him or her at home

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to remove references to the Fit for Work service, following the cessation of assessment referrals.

• How will the GDPR affect the processing of employee health information?

  Date:

  4 May 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  With the GDPR due to come into effect later this month, HR departments need to be careful when processing data relating to an employee's health - even if they have the employee's consent to do so. Ruth Christy and Nicola Rochon explain what employers should do.