FAQs: Managers
Page updated: 06/07/2022
If you have a question relating to an HR issue you may find that we have already thought of it. Have a look at some of our most frequently asked questions for:
Sickness absence
- If an employee does not report in sick when they are due to work what do I do?
- What do I do if an employee fails to provide a medical certificate (fit note)?
- What should I do if I think that there is cause for concern with an employees absence/health?
Flexible working
- Who can make a statutory Flexible Working request?
- Do employees have a right to a more flexible working pattern?
- Is the accrual rate for leave and sick leave affected?
Shared parental leave (SPL)
- What happens if the parents discover they are not entitled to SPL after all?
- What if my employee and their partner change their minds on how the SPL should be divided?
- How does my employee tell me when they want to be absent from work on SPL?
Maternity leave
- How does the employee initially inform me of their pregnancy?
- What is the employee entitled to?
- When can the maternity leave begin?
Adoption / surrogacy
- How does an employee inform me of their intended adoption/surrogacy?
- What is the employee entitled to?
- When can the adoption/surrogacy leave begin?
If you can’t see the answer you are looking for, please get in touch with the HR team.
HR
Behaviour and standards
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
- Supporting Victims or Survivors
- Guidance for Managers
- Guidance for Colleagues
- Asking Difficult Questions
- Perpetrator
- Help and Support
Employee relations
Employee Support
Equality & Diversity
FAQs: Employees
- Sickness Absence
- Flexible Working
- Shared Parental Leave
- Maternity Leave
- Adoption / Surrogacy
- Purchase of Additional Annual Leave Scheme
- Premature Birth/Hospitalised Baby Leave and Pay
FAQs: Managers
Flexible working
Jobs & Careers
Leave and absence
- Adoption & Surrogacy Leave
- Annual Leave
- Career Break
- Compassionate Leave
- Disruptions to working arrangements
- Flexi-time
- Maternity Leave
- Parental Leave
- Paternity Leave
- Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
- Premature Birth/Hospitalised Baby Leave and Pay
- Shared Parental Leave
- Time off for dependants
- Unpaid leave
Restructuring
Sickness Absence
- Recording Absence
- Return to Work Interviews
- Phased Return to Work
- Attendance Management Meetings
- The Stages of Sickness Absence
- Occupational Health
- Occupational Health Referrals
- Occupational Sick Pay
- Case Conferences
- Reasonable Adjustments (Disability)
- Ill Health Retirement
- Ill Health Retirement - Non Teachers
- Ill Health Retirement - Teachers
- Related Absence
- Sickness & annual leave
- Managing COVID-19 related absence
Volunteering
Workforce and succession planning
More from HR