Benchmarking occupational sick pay schemes

HR & Compliance Centre examines the level of benefits paid under a company sick pay scheme, as well as the policies and procedures surrounding the payment of sick pay. We also look at organisations' experiences of the new "fit notes". 

• HR & Compliance Centre sick pay survey 2010: Sick pay rates and qualifying periods We examine the extent of access to occupational sick pay, including service-related entitlement and action taken when the time limit on payments expires. 
• HR & Compliance Centre sick pay survey 2010: Sick pay policies We examine sick pay notification procedures, as well as the evidence required for company or occupational sick pay. 
• HR & Compliance Centre sick pay survey 2010: Fit notes We consider the use of fit notes, and find that the new arrangements are not working as well as originally envisaged. 
• Access the benchmarking data for this survey

Also

Use of absence triggers in managing absence: the 2010 IRS survey Many organisations are using several different measures to trigger a management reaction to employee absence. This HR & Compliance Centre survey examines those measures and the actions taken as a consequence. 

Sickness absence management HR & Compliance Centre's sickness absence management good practice guide. 

Long-term sickness absence policy Use this document to devise a policy in relation to long-term sickness absence when drafting the company's manual or staff handbook. 

Short-term sickness absence policy Use this model procedure to set out rules in relation to short-term sickness absences from work when drafting employees' contracts of employment or a staff handbook forming part of an employee's employment contract.