Sickness and sick pay

While sick employees need to be treated fairly, you need to ensure that 'sickness' is not being used as cover for unauthorised absence.

Creating a sickness policy enables employers to discourage absenteeism, support staff that get ill and take disciplinary action if needed.

Managing staff absence can be tricky. Put in place guidelines and procedures for employees and managers with the help of this Acas step-by-step guide

Unsure how to handle employee sickness absence issues, or how much statutory sick pay (SSP) you may need to pay? Read our useful FAQs.

The workplace wellbeing tool on the GOV.UK website can help you work out the costs to your business of poor employee health and how to take action.

Businesses lose a lot of money through employee sickness. Read our guide to your obligations to ill employees and how to manage unauthorised absence.