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How to Handle Employees Skiving Off Work
In this guide, we'll look at what skiving is, how it impacts business, and how to deal with it in your workplace.
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What is Sick Leave?
Most employers will have dealt with staff who are too ill to work. In these situations, they may request to take time off – or ‘sick leave’.
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Garden Leave - A Guide for Employers
In this guide, we'll discuss what garden leave is, employee rights during this type of leave, and the benefits it can bring.
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What is Menstrual Leave?
In this guide, we'll discuss what menstrual leave is, the benefits of offering it, as well as how you can create your own menstrual leave policy.
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What is Unpaid Leave?
In this guide, we'll discuss what unpaid leave is, the different types, and how to manage it successfully in your company.
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What is Sabbatical Leave?
Read our guide where we'll discuss what sabbatical leave is, how long it can last, and how to manage it in your business.
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Blog articles
(76)Blog
Worker sickness causing huge rise in costs to businesses
The hidden annual cost of employee sickness is up £30 billion since 2018 according to a new report published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
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Ask Kate: Can I make my employee take a holiday? Help!
This caller wanted advice about whether they could require their employee to take annual leave. So they asked Kate Palmer, Peninsula’s Employment Services Director, for expert advice.
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Work and Pensions Secretary sets out details of Back to Work Plan
The new Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, has confirmed the Government’s commitments to its manifesto Back to Work Plan arguing that it is critical to plans to secure sustained economic growth
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Prime Minister sets out reform measures to tackle 'sick note culture'
Almost 11 million fit notes were issued last year, with an overwhelming 94% of those signed “not fit for work”. And that, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said, is a problem that must be tackled with more help for people to get the appropriate support they may need to remain in work.
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Reform to SSP and fit notes proposed
Given the high rates of sickness absence in the UK, there have been recent calls for reform of both the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) system and the fit note process.
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MPs call for statutory sick pay increase
The amount of statutory sick pay (SSP) should be increased to match the rate of statutory maternity leave as current system is not providing enough support for sick workers, MPs said
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Free downloads
(6)Free Download
Return to Work Form Template
It's important to keep a record of your return to work meeting on file when your employee's been off work with sickness. Download your free ready-made return to work form template to keep track of staff absences now.
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Written Warning Template
If you have never created a written warning letter for sickness absence before, there's no need to stress - Peninsula has a template you can download for free.
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Time Off for Dependants Downloads
Employees have a statutory right to take time off work to deal with emergencies involving a dependant. It is often mistaken for the right to take time off for any kind of emergency, however, it is not.
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Free Annual Leave Template
This employment law guide explores the basics of employee annual leave entitlement and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.
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Sickness Absence Guide
This employment law guide explores the basics of sickness absence and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.
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Maternity, Paternity & Parental Leave
This employment law guide explores the basics of maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental & parental leave and time off for dependants and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.
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