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Long term illness | Staff shouldn't fear being sacked if they're ill - so what can HR do to manage that?
As actor Emilia Clarke shares her experience of worrying she'd be fired, advice for...
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Tribunal win | Worker sacked after 5 days' sick leave following near-fatal allergic reaction
An employee who was sacked after taking time off work to recover from a near-fat...
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Starling Bank | Lawyer sacked after sick days and WFH request gets £1.1m compensation
A lawyer sacked after taking time off sick and asking to work from home, has been...
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Suspicious minds | Boss arrested for planting GPS tracker on employee's car in sick leave row
An overly-suspicious boss was arrested after planting a tracker on the car of an...
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Spinning plates | Worker used sick leave to hold down second full-time job
Bosses believed their employee was too ill to work. In reality, she was earning a...
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'Everything will be ok' | How we're failing to support employees with cancer
Everyone dreads that moment: the instance that kicked off the TV series Breaking...
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Wellbeing | How to support employees affected by cancer
We've all been touched by cancer in our lives - in fact, more than 700,000 people...
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Legal insight | Sick leave: Your rights & how to claim them
Karen Holden, Founder and Managing Director at A City Law Firm shares exclusive insights...
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Sick day stigma | 1 in 3 UK staff didn't take sick leave in 2021
Perhaps surprisingly, one in three workers didn't call in sick during the pandemic...
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Employee benefit | Why have more UK businesses started offering private healthcare?
Now that flexible working opportunities have become the business norm, companies...
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Stress | Almost quarter of women have faked illness to take time off due to PMS
New data from period care manufacturer Yoppie has highlighted that as many as 23%...
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‘Always-on’ | Remote working's dramatic effect on sick leave
A study carried out by HR consultants Acerta discovered that the number of cases...
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Furlough & maternity leave | Redundancy questions HR might get asked
Throughout this time, many workers have faced the news that they are being made redundant...
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COVID-19 | Staff share concerns over Amazon's automated HR system
An investigation carried out by Bloomberg has highlighted concerns over Amazon's...
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Perspective of HR | Could 'heartbreak leave' boost performance?
After being discussed on Good Morning Britain, HR Grapevine ponders whether it is...
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Professionalism | 'My colleague accused me of misusing sick leave'
During the seventh week of her high-risk pregnancy, an employee received a sick note...
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DWP worker's 'life made hell' after warning for asthma attack
Bosses called worker 'whinger' and warned him after he suffered a life-threateni...
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Employer spies on woman during sick leave
Social media posts allowed her employer to keep tabs on...
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UK employees work an extra day each week
We have the longest working hours in Europe,” said...
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Do your staff understand sick pay?
Many Brits mistakenly assume that, when they are sick...
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