Doctor’s call for change to fit note regime
GP’s are currently required by the legislation relating to statutory sick pay to sign fit notes for patients after they have been absent from work for 7 calendar days. The guidance issued by government to GPs on the fit note regime acknowledges the importance of...Video – Doubts about the genuineness of an employee’s health?
In this video Anna explores what to do where an employee is off sick and the employer has reason to believe that what they are claiming in relation to their ill-health may not be true – hear what happened in a recent case when the employer had this situation...Court of Appeal clarifies position in relation to disability and sickness absence
An employer will typically have a sickness absence policy that sets out trigger points at which it might take various steps to manage both a disabled and a non-disabled employee’s sickness absence. The typical pushback from a disabled employee is that ‘normal’...How long can an employee carry unused annual leave forward for when they’ve been sick?
In recent years we’ve all got used to the idea that somebody who is on the long-term sick will continue to accrue holiday and be able to carry it forward if they have been unable to take that annual leave by reason of their sickness. A question arose recently in the...How likely is it that an employee who leaves the workplace having suffered ill health as a result of stress can bring a claim against their employer?
I often hear from employers who are very worried about an employee and the risks of them bringing some sort of complaint connected with stress that they say they have suffered in the workplace. The recent case of Easton v B&Q PLC in the High Court illustrates my...
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