Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Winter weather issues: resource round-up

  We round up our resources that will help you manage workforce issues that can arise from severe winter weather. We provide guidance on likely scenarios, including where employees are late or unable to travel to work, or stay at home to look after children because schools are shut, as well as closure of your workplace.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting an employee to a stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  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.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

  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.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

  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.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory sick pay rises

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

• Date:

  28 June 2018

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Sickness absence rates and costs survey 2018

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Sickness absence self-certification form

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

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Short-term sickness

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

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Long-term sickness

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Sickness absence record

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