Sickness absence and sick pay

New and updated

• 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:

  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when they can collect information through medical examinations (which replicates guidance previously contained in the withdrawn Employment practices data protection code).

• Type:

  Survey analysis

  Absence rates and costs: HR & Compliance Centre survey 2023

  Our latest data on sickness and absence reveals a decrease in absence rates as the effects of covid subside. Yet rates remain high due to lower immunity, high workloads and stress in the workplace

• Date:

  13 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

  We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

• Date:

  6 December 2022

  Type:

  News

  Statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates to increase 10% in 2023

  The 2023/24 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been set by the Department for Work and Pensions.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory sick pay increase

  The weekly rate of statutory sick pay increases.

• Date:

  6 July 2022

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  HR talking point: Expansion of healthcare professionals who can certify fit notes

  The expansion of the group of healthcare professionals who can now issue fit notes can have a positive impact on employers' sickness absence management procedures, writes XpertHR principal employment law editor Stephen Simpson.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What further advice should a healthcare professional provide on a fit note where they tick the "may be fit for work" option?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employer obliged to comply with the advice on a fit note?