Occupational health and wellbeing

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• Do employers have a duty to provide an eyesight test or to pay for corrective lenses for employees who do not use display screen equipment?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Letter informing an employee of ineligibility for eye and eyesight test

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing an employee that he or she does not qualify for the statutory right to be provided with an eye and eyesight test.

• Letter inviting an employee to attend a meeting to discuss 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 inviting an employee to attend a follow-up meeting to discuss a phased return to work following long-term sickness absence

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter inviting an employee to attend a follow-up meeting to discuss a phased return to work following long-term sickness absence.

• How to deal with employees on long-term sickness absence

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on dealing with employees on long-term sickness absence, including obtaining a medical report; the Fit for Work service; dismissal; and the return to work.

• Managing the phased return-to-work process: XpertHR survey

  Date:

  26 January 2015

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Latest XpertHR research examines the most effective methods for supporting a phased return to work for employees that have been on long-term sickness absence.

• What is the tax exemption for employer-funded medical treatment?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What is an "appropriate" eye and eyesight test for the purposes of employers' duties towards display screen equipment users?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Does a vision screening test satisfy the requirements for an eye and eyesight test under the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Health and safety: Deal with an employee's request for an eye and eyesight test

  Type:

  Liveflo

  Use this health and safety workflow to manage the legal and practical issues that arise when you receive a request from an employee or someone who is to become an employee for an eye and eyesight test.