Absence/attendance

New and updated

• Date:

  25 April 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Pregnancy sickness - managing absence issues successfully

  Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at law firm Hogan Lovells, discusses the legal framework protecting pregnant employees and the health and safety considerations employers should be aware of.

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage an employee who goes off sick during a performance improvement procedure

  Practical guidance on managing an employee who goes on sickness absence while subject to a performance improvement plan (PIP), including dealing with short-term and long-term sickness absence; absence that is related to the performance management procedure; and when it may be appropriate to consider a settlement agreement.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  A model letter inviting an employee to a stage 3 long-term sickness absence formal review meeting.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Checklist for holding stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  A model checklist to set out the process to be followed during a stage 3 long-term sickness absence formal review meeting.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming outcome of stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  A model letter informing an employee of the outcome of a stage 3 long-term sickness absence formal review meeting.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Sickness absence record

  A model form recording details of an employee's sickness absence and any action taken in relation to the absence.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Sickness absence self-certification form

  A model form when an employee has been absent from work for seven days or less.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Medical examinations contract clause

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form seeking employee's consent to obtain medical report from employee's own doctor/consultant

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee's own doctor/consultant requesting medical report (long-term sickness absence)

  A model letter to apply to a medical professional, for example a GP, consultant or specialist, to request a medical report about an employee on long-term sickness absence in compliance with the terms of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.