Report, pay and manage sickness absence fairly, updated for the April 2026 Statutory Sick Pay reforms.
People & HR
Sickness Absence Policy
About this document
A complete policy on sickness absence: how staff report it, what evidence you need, Statutory Sick Pay and any company sick pay, return-to-work meetings, and how you manage frequent or long-term absence supportively and lawfully.
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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