Sickness Policy To Do's

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Need any amendments?

Have employees based outside of the UK? Do your employees take sick days related to disabilities?

Your document might need altering to meet your needs. Your Legal Pro can help you work out whether you need amendments when they conduct your review. You can use our bespoke legal drafting service to make amendments.

It's important to do everything necessary to make your document legal and complete. You need to: 

1. Check

2. Comply

3. Publish

4. Store  

For more details on each step, use the Sickness Policy's Make it Legal Checklist:

Have you implemented all necessary processes to prevent staff from getting sick? If not, an updated Health and Safety Policy will help. 

Use our Health and Safety Policy document and FAQs:

Have you set rules around all types of leave staff can take? Make sure your holiday rules align with your Sickness Policy.

Use our Annual Leave Policy document and FAQs:

Do you know what other rights employees have? Which employment policies you should have in place?

It's important to be informed! 

Learn the fundamentals of complying with employment law in Section 4 Chapter 2 of our free SME Legal Handbook:

You can also learn more from our free legal guides. Guides relevant to your Sickness Policy include:  

1. Managing sickness absence

2. Fit notes

3. Legal insight: Are you tackling employee absences properly?