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Our absence policy is based on the following principles:

 we undertake to provide statutory sick pay to employees who are unable to work
due to sickness and comply with the policy

 we will support employees who have genuine grounds for absence for whatever
reason. This support includes ‘special leave’ for necessary absences not caused
by sickness, a flexible approach to the taking of annual leave and returning to
work after long term sickness

 we will use an occupational health adviser to help identify the nature of an
employee’s illness and advise the employee and the line manager on the best
way to improve the employee’s health and well-being when required

 we will respect the confidentiality of all information relating to an employee’s
sickness and information will be held in line with all data protection legislation

Regular, punctual attendance is an implied term of every employee’s terms and
conditions of employment and we ask each employee to take responsibility for
maintaining good attendance and reporting absence according to the procedures set
out in this Handbook.

The disciplinary procedures will be used if an explanation for absence is not forthcoming
or is not thought to be satisfactory.

Absence reporting

You must report your absence from work owing to illness to your line manager by
telephone as early as possible, and no later than two hours before the normal start of
work, on the first day of sickness. When possible notification of absence should be given
the previous evening to allow staff cover to be arranged. You should also give an
indication of the nature of your illness and the likely date of your return to work.

In the event that your line manager is unavailable, you should leave a voicemail. All
absence will be recorded on your personnel record held on Perf4m.

The Company reserves the right to require you to undergo a medical examination at its
request after two weeks' absence due to sickness. The Company will pay the cost of any
such examination and all information given in connection with it and any report on it
shall be fully disclosed to the Company.

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