off sick

[craigw]

I've been off sick for over a year now with back pain is it true that your employer has to offer you help with possible different duties or lighter duties as I have never been contacted by anybody about this just the odd call from my line manager to see how I am

[Johnboy007]

Re: off sick

Hi,
Employers often keep a record of sickness. This record can include the number or sick days taken, the reason for the absence and detail of when in the day/week/month sickness is taken. This type of standard sickness record would normally be held in your personnel file, and should be available through your employer's Human Resources department.
Long-term sickness leave

In the event that an employee is suffering from a long term illness, a responsible employer should:

• regularly check in with the employee, whether verbally or written
• make sure that the contractual sick pay arrangements are clear
• facilitate a return to work interview

The employer may wish to talk about a change in work and working arrangements, as well as the length of time that the role can be left open for. If the employee should become disabled due to their illness, ‘reasonable adjustments’ can be expected in their working environment that may allow them to continue in their role with some modification of their surroundings or workload.
When returning to work, employers should put in place a 'getting back to work' programme. Such a programme should involve:

• the offering of more flexible hours, through either shorter days and/or remote working
• a catch-up on any news and work-related progress
• the delivery of training on any new software, equipment or new processes/procedures

Losing your job while on long-term sickness leave

Employees can be dismissed while on long term sickness. Employers should however only consider this as a last alternative after considering:

• part-time or flexible hours
• the extent of the employee’s estimated recovery
• whether assistance would be required in carrying out duties
• a lighter workload with fewer responsibilities, in addition to any re-training required

Holidays and sickness

Even when off sick, employees accrue holiday entitlement as though they were working. If an employee would lose out on any leave to which they are statutorily entitled because they are off sick during the last period in which they could have taken it, this should roll over to the next holiday year.
If an employee is not entitled to sick pay, or if they wish to do so for any other reason, they may take a period of sickness as holiday instead. The opposite is also true, in a sense – falling ill immediately before or during a holiday allows an employee to instead take that holiday as sick leave, and are entitled to take the intended period of holiday at a different time.

[Johnboy007]

Re: off sick

Hi,
Employers often keep a record of sickness. This record can include the number or sick days taken, the reason for the absence and detail of when in the day/week/month sickness is taken. This type of standard sickness record would normally be held in your personnel file, and should be available through your employer's Human Resources department.
Long-term sickness leave

In the event that an employee is suffering from a long term illness, a responsible employer should:

• regularly check in with the employee, whether verbally or written
• make sure that the contractual sick pay arrangements are clear
• facilitate a return to work interview

The employer may wish to talk about a change in work and working arrangements, as well as the length of time that the role can be left open for. If the employee should become disabled due to their illness, ‘reasonable adjustments’ can be expected in their working environment that may allow them to continue in their role with some modification of their surroundings or workload.
When returning to work, employers should put in place a 'getting back to work' programme. Such a programme should involve:

• the offering of more flexible hours, through either shorter days and/or remote working
• a catch-up on any news and work-related progress
• the delivery of training on any new software, equipment or new processes/procedures

Losing your job while on long-term sickness leave

Employees can be dismissed while on long term sickness. Employers should however only consider this as a last alternative after considering:

• part-time or flexible hours
• the extent of the employee’s estimated recovery
• whether assistance would be required in carrying out duties
• a lighter workload with fewer responsibilities, in addition to any re-training required

Holidays and sickness

Even when off sick, employees accrue holiday entitlement as though they were working. If an employee would lose out on any leave to which they are statutorily entitled because they are off sick during the last period in which they could have taken it, this should roll over to the next holiday year.
If an employee is not entitled to sick pay, or if they wish to do so for any other reason, they may take a period of sickness as holiday instead. The opposite is also true, in a sense – falling ill immediately before or during a holiday allows an employee to instead take that holiday as sick leave, and are entitled to take the intended period of holiday at a different time.

[leclerc]

Re: off sick

Craigw, are you signed off work?

Is there likely to be any change in your condition to allow you to return to work?

[craigw]

Re: off sick

Craigw, are you signed off work?

Is there likely to be any change in your condition to allow you to return to work?

Hi its taking a long time but the doctors are finally getting my pain relief sorted so hopefully in thenear future I will be able to work again but I just feel as if they dont want me to start back and Ihave had thoughts of just resigning

[dori2o]

Re: off sick

Craigw, I'm not an expert but if you have a long term illness etc then yu could be considered to be disabled under the Equality Act.

https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-dis...ality-act-2010

If this is the case then your employer has a duty to consider reasonable adjustments to help you return to work/whilst at work.

https://www.gov.uk/reasonable-adjust...sabled-workers

Has your Doctor/specialist said anything about returning to work? The Fit note they complete for you has a section on there where the Dr can suggest adjustments that may be suitable for you to return to some form of work, even if this is on reduced duties/hours etc.

Does your employer have in-house/contracted out Occupational Health advisers? If so and you want to return to work then ask them to set up an assessment and they should be able to suggest adjustments for you which your employer should makein order to facilitate a return to work.

It's only my opinion but the fact the employer hasn't already looked into this and discussed it with you would suggest to me that they don't really care.

[craigw]

Re: off sick

Hi no I don't think they care I just think they want me to resign