Practical guidance on managing an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy, including avoiding pregnancy and maternity discrimination; statutory sick pay; calculating SMP; and when maternity leave will be triggered by pregnancy-related absence.
A model letter inviting an employee to attend a review meeting to discuss the progress of their phased return to work following long-term sickness absence.
A model letter to provide a reminder that an employee has had a period of sickness absence of more than seven days but has failed to submit a doctor's fit note.
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