How to manage an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy

Author: Claire Perry

Summary

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• Understand the statutory protection afforded to employees who are absent due to pregnancy-related sickness.
• Establish the reason for the employee's absence.
• Review health and safety risk assessments in light of a pregnant employee's sickness absence.
• Ensure that pregnancy-related absence is discounted for the purpose of an attendance management policy that could lead to disciplinary action.
• Calculate the employee's entitlement to statutory and/or contractual sick pay.
• Check if the sickness absence affects the calculation of the employee's statutory maternity pay.
• Check if the employee's maternity leave will be triggered automatically as a result of their absence.