Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Articles, guides and advice on managing sick leave as a small business.
News
UK employees are facing a financial cliff edge if ill health strikes – with 37 per cent unable to pay bills in the event of illness.
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UK workers reveal the worst excuses they’ve given for not turning up to work, as half of professionals reveal they feel guilty about taking sick days.
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One in seven SME workers fake an illness to take three days off each year and the British economy suffers because of it.
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New data suggests that employees are not taking enough time to recover when they get sick.
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Ahead of National Sicky Day, UK bosses reveal the most ludicrous reasons given by employees when calling in sick.
Employing & managing staff
Employers often feel out of their depth when confronted with employees with a long-term illness. Here, Christine Husbands discusses how to approach the situation.
News
New research reveals that one in ten employed Britons in the UK have already pulled a sickie from work in 2017 so far, despite only just being out of January.
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British workers are much less likely to fake an illness to avoid work than their French or German counterparts, a new study finds.
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Employers have to make their workers' happiness a higher priority to stop the UK heading the European sick leave table, it has been claimed
Employing & managing staff
We are a small business employing five people. One is frequently going sick for one or two days at a time. We are still paying that employee for the days she is off sick. Can I remove her self-certification and not pay her if she has any further short term sickness leave?
News
One in three UK workers admit to lying to take time off work, mainly because of disillusionment with their jobs, finds research.
Legal advice
I have an employee who is about to have an operation and needs six weeks off to recover. They want to do some work at home after three weeks.
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