Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Attendance management

  Type:

  Good practice manual

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

• How to manage an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy

  Type:

  How to

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

• 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.