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• leave a message with anyone else, as leaving a message with another colleague is not acceptable.

• Have anyone else call in on your behalf. You personally need to make contact with a Senior Manager
rather than a friend/girlfriend/boyfriend/mother etc.

2.12.2 Punctuality
You are expected to be at your workstation at your agreed start time. If you arrive late, you must
report to a Senior Manager before starting work.

2.12.3 Doctor/Dentist Appointment
If, for reasons such as a doctor's/dentist's appointment, you need to request time off, you must agree
the time in advance, with a Senior Manager so that he/she can arrange the necessary cover. Such time
off is at your own expense. Where possible, appointments should be made outside your normal
working hours.

2.12.4 Sickness Whilst at Work
If you fall ill at work, you should get authorisation from a Senior Manager to leave work.
2.12.5 Absence due to Sickness
In the case of absence due to sickness, you must also advise a Senior Manager of the nature of your
illness and your expected date of return.

Before returning to work from sickness absence, you may be required to provide a doctor’s certificate
stating that it is safe for you to do so. The company may, at any time, require an employee to submit
to a medical examination by a doctor nominated by the company regardless of the length of absence.

2.12.6 Medical Certificates
If you are absent from work due to sickness on the third working day of absence, you must submit a
medical certificate to a Senior Manager so that it is received on or before the fourth day of absence.
Where this is not possible, you must contact him or her to explain the reason. All medical certificates
must state the nature and expected duration of your illness.

In the case of illness, you must telephone a Senior Manager every Friday, advising that the absence is
going to continue. Medical certificates must also be submitted on a weekly basis.

Note: Any misrepresentation on medical certificates may lead to instigation of disciplinary
proceedings.

2.12.7 Illness while on holiday leave
If an employee should fall ill while on holiday you should inform a Senior Manager. The Company will
treat the holiday leave as sick leave, if medical certification is provided.

2.12.8 Absence adjacent to holiday leave
If an employee should fall ill adjacent to approved holiday leave it is at the company's discretion to
withdraw approval for that holiday leave. Should approval be withdrawn a Senior Manager will inform
you of this.

2.12.9 Referral to the Company Doctor
The Company will be entitled, at its expense, to require you to be examined by an independent
medical practitioner of the Company's choice at any time (whether or not you are absent by reason

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