Employment law - Sickness absence

Warning/final warning of unsatisfactory attendanceFollowing an absence management meeting, if you want to formally warn the employee about their unsatisfactory attendance, use our warning letter. It can also be adapted for use as a final warning.Fair ... Read more

Letter enclosing Form SSP1You must provide Form SSP1 to an employee when their SSP is coming, or has come, to an end as the information you give on it will help the government to decide on the employee's benefit claim. If you know in advance that the ... Read more

Letter requesting consent to obtain medical report and medical report consent formWhen you require a medical report from an employee's GP or consultant, you will first need their written consent in order to comply with the Access to Medical Reports Ac... Read more

Letter requesting attendance at a medical examination and medical examination consent formAs an alternative to requesting a medical report from an employee's own GP or consultant, there is the option of the employee undergoing a medical examination by... Read more

Consent to medical report follow up letterUse our letter where an employee has either declined to consent to your seeking a medical report on them or to its subsequent disclosure to you by their doctor. The sanction is that you may have no choice but... Read more

Fitness for work self-declaration formOur form is for employees to declare their own fitness to return to work following a period of medically certificated sickness absence. Use it where an employee returns to work following sickness absence in circu... Read more

Letter to sick employee requesting contactOur letter asks your employee to get in touch with you where they're on long-term sick leave and you've been unable, for whatever reason, to get hold of them to check on their progress and to discuss a possible... Read more

Reply to request to convert holiday to sickness absenceUse our response letter where an employee requests to convert holiday to sickness absence after falling ill on annual leave. Our letter approves the request if they've followed your sickness absen... Read more

Letter of dismissal on long-term incapacity groundsUse our letter when dismissing an employee due to long-term sickness absence. You must first have followed a fair dismissal procedure, including obtaining medical evidence and consulting with the emp... Read more

Letter withdrawing SSPUse our letter where you're not going to pay SSP either because of the employee's failure to comply with your sickness absence reporting requirements or you have good reason to doubt that the employee's incapacity is genuine. If yo... Read more