A fair procedure for managing ill-health capability and long-term absence – welfare meetings, occupational health, reasonable adjustments, phased return and, as a last resort, ill-health dismissal – with template letters.
People & HR
Capability and Long-Term Sickness Absence Procedure
About this document
Long-term sickness and ill-health capability are among the hardest situations an employer faces, and dismissals often lead to unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims. This procedure sets out a supportive, staged process with medical evidence and reasonable adjustments, and includes the key letters.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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