Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Effective attendance management: Policies and practices that help foster good attendance

  Leading practice guidance exploring the policies and practices that employers can adopt to help encourage higher levels of attendance among employees.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory sick pay increase

  The weekly rate of statutory sick pay increases.

• Date:

  2 November 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Handling HR nightmares

  We look at workplace scenarios that can strike fear into the heart of the most experienced HR professionals, including issues relating to: discipline and grievances; redundancy; and new legislation.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Obtaining medical reports policy

  Updated to extend the circumstances that may lead to a request for a medical report.

• Type:

  Training

  Long-term sickness - line manager training

  Updated to reflect that nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists can issue fit notes from 1 July 2022.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Statement of fitness for work (fit note)

  Updated to link to the Government's updated sample fit note, which now contains a numbered guide explaining each section of the fit note.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Managing long-term sickness absence: The importance of effective policies and practices

  Enhanced by creating three separate guides on managing long-term sickness absence, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide focuses on the measures employers can adopt to manage long-term sickness absence effectively and the importance of doing so.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Managing long-term sickness absence: Contacting the employee and obtaining medical evidence/information

  Leading practice guidance discussing the importance of establishing regular contact with an employee on long-term sickness absence and obtaining medical information.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Managing long-term sickness absence: Return to work and alternative outcomes

  Leading practice guide discussing how to organise an employee's return to work following long-term sickness absence, including any workplace adjustments required, as well as alternative options if the employee is unable to return.

• Type:

  How to

  How to obtain and use medical reports on employees

  Updated to reflect that the ICO has published guidance for employers on when they can collect information through medical examinations (which replicates guidance previously contained in the withdrawn Employment practices data protection code).