Sickness absence and sick pay

New and updated

• Date:

  5 February 2008

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Department for Work and Pensions v Sutcliffe

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee who was sick during her ordinary maternity leave was not entitled to be paid contractual sick pay during that period.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employee is off sick when their maternity leave is due to start, will their sick pay continue or will they transfer to maternity pay?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Should a line manager maintain contact with an employee during a period of long-term sickness absence?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What can an employer do when an employee invited to an attendance review meeting goes off sick?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer issue a warning to an employee for poor attendance, even where there are genuine reasons for their absences?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the "lost-time rate" of measuring absence?

• Type:

  FAQs

  When should an employer instigate a formal review of a particular employee's level of attendance?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employer wishes to reward employees for low sickness absence, what factors must it take into account?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Will an employee who takes time off for fertility treatment be entitled to statutory or contractual sick pay?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employee goes abroad for treatment will they still be entitled to receive statutory sick pay?