Below are the top 10 most popular articles (excluding those that are specifically compliance-based) that have been viewed on XpertHR during 2010.
1 Good practice: Sickness absence management
Our good practice guide includes: measures to promote employees’ health and reduce absence; sickness absence policies; paying sick pay; and rehabilitation after long-term sickness.
2 Good practice: Attendance management
This guide discusses: attendance procedures; attendance review meetings; possible causes of frequent absence; and ways of encouraging and promoting attendance.
3 How to deal with sickness absence
Our "how-to" guide covers handling long-term sickness absence; obtaining medical reports; sickness absence and holiday; putting cover in place for long-term sickness absence; and managing employees with poor sickness absence records.
4 Line manager briefing on annual leave
This line manager briefing covers the topic of annual leave and aims to help line managers to understand the laws on holiday entitlement and holiday pay and how they have been interpreted by courts and tribunals.
5 Line manager briefing on short-term sickness absence
This briefing aims to help line managers understand the employment laws that impact on short-term absence, their practical implications and how to manage short-term absenteeism.
6 Line manager briefing on long-term sickness absence
This briefing aims to help line managers understand employment law that impacts on long-term sickness absence, its implications and the benefits of proactive management of sickness absence.
7 Long-term sickness absence policy
Use this model policy to set out your approach to long-term sickness absence.
8 Short-term sickness absence policy
Use this model policy to set out rules in relation to short-term sickness absences from work.
9 Retirement policy and procedure
Use this model policy to set out the procedure that should be followed when employees are retiring.
10 Fit notes: dealing with sickness absence
The recently introduced fitness for work statements (or fit notes) will enable doctors to state that employees "may be fit for work" if they are given some support. The introduction of fit notes is likely to impact on how employers address sickness absence.