How to manage and conduct return-to-work interviews

Return-to-work interviews are one of the main tools used in the effective management of sickness absence. A return-to-work interview is a meeting between the employer and an employee returning to work after a period of sickness. Its role will be slightly different in relation to short-term and long-term sickness absence. 

Managing and conducting return-to-work interviews can help to manage sickness absence, and our guide provides detailed guidance on how return-to-work interviews can fit into an organisation's absence management policy and how such interviews should be structured and managed. 

• How to manage and conduct return-to-work interviews Practical guidance on setting up, conducting and managing return-to-work interviews. 

Also

See the HR & Compliance Centre good practice guide on the management of both long- and short-term sickness absence, including measures to promote employees' health and reduce absence, sickness absence policies, paying sick pay and rehabilitation after long-term sickness.