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Company Sick Pay Scheme Rules
Company Sick Pay will not be paid to any colleague where:
1. There is any doubt about the legitimacy of any sickness absence
(a deliberate attempt to claim Company Sick Pay in circumstances when you are not genuinely unable to work through ill health is a serious disciplinary offence, likely to result in dismissal for gross misconduct).
2. If there is a live formal written (1st Written Warning, final Written Warning) for capability or disciplinary on file.
3. If you have failed to comply with the Company’s sickness absence notification rules and procedures, including failing to notify your manager as required or complete a Self-Certification Form or provide a Fit Note, as required.
4. If the injury/illness was caused by you through careless conduct, negligence or was self-inflicted (e.g. through excessive drinking or the taking of illegal drugs etc.).
5. If regular absence results from participation in dangerous sporting activities.
6. If it is reasonably inferred that you behave in a way likely to prolong the illness.
7. If it is reasonably inferred that there is no legitimate reason you failed to attend work or failed to make any attempt to return to work following a period of absence. This may also result in formal action being taken against you under the Company’s Disciplinary Process.
Leavers
Company Sick Pay is not normally payable to any colleague who has resigned and/or has given notice to terminate their employment with the Company, or to any colleague, who has been given notice to terminate their employment for any reason, including redundancy.
Colleagues who are sick during their notice period will be subject to the provisions of the Statutory Sick Pay Scheme.
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