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Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit notes, disputes.
You can get £116.75 per week Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if you’re too ill to…
If you’re eligible, you can get £116.75 a week Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)…
To qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) you must: be classed as an…
To claim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), tell your employer by the deadline.…
This series brings together all documents relating to sickness absence in the Civil Service.
How to spot African horse sickness, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
This research provides a description of employer behaviours and practices relating to sickness absence and health in the workplace.
Employers guide to assessing fitness to work, including asking for medical evidence, fit notes, and dealing with long term or frequent absences.
You can use the SC2 form to ask your employer for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
The UK Government recently launched its Occupational Health Innovation Fund which has provided £1m funding to 10 projects to develop innovative new models of OH, using technology to improve the capacity and capability of OH providers and increase access for...
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Analysis responding to public interest in long-term sickness absence.
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
These statistics shows the number of average working days lost for MOD civilian sickness absence and the number of actual working days lost.
This research was commissioned to understand employer behaviours and practices relating to sickness absence and the health in the workplace.
This series brings together all documents relating to Sickness absence data
Find out about the symptoms of COVID-19, what to do if you or your child has them and when to get medical help.
This series brings together all documents relating to sickness absence in the DECC workforce.
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