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Thursday, 31 May 2007
sick pay and gp's certificate?
CCW's Donna Reynolds writes in the Evening News Jobs Clinic
My employer will not accept a self certificate for absence due to illness. Should an employee be off work the employee must produce a certificate from a GP. Any fee charged by a GP would be refunded by the employer.
Feedback from employees who have been in this situation is that their GP is not happy about doing this as the employer should accept the self-certificate. But if an employee should supply a self-certificate, the employer will not pay the appropriate sick pay. The employer has posted on the noticeboard that this is in compliance with a local agreement, which employees have not seen and are not aware of. Is my employer within their right to do so?
Donna Reynolds answers ...