Absence/attendance

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• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with an employee who goes ahead with a holiday when annual leave has not been authorised

  Practical guidance on dealing with an employee who goes ahead with a holiday when annual leave has not been authorised, including investigating the unauthorised absence and disciplinary sanctions.

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances might an employer need to obtain a medical report on an employee?

• Type:

  FAQs

  From whom can an employer obtain a medical report on an employee?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Which medical reports are covered by the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988?

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances is a medical practitioner not obliged to give an employee access to a medical report prepared on them?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employee who initially indicated that they did not want to see a medical report before the medical practitioner discloses it to the employer subsequently request to see it?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employee works part of the day before going home sick, should this day count as sickness absence?

• Date:

  1 August 2011

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Worker who made no holiday requests during long-term sick leave still entitled to statutory holiday pay

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a worker absent for the whole leave year, but who does not submit a request for the annual leave before the leave year ends, does not forfeit his or her entitlement to paid annual leave.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with an employee who returns late from holiday

  Practical guidance on dealing with an employee who returns late from holiday, including investigating the unauthorised absence and taking disciplinary action.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How should employers deal with unauthorised absence?