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Ask the expert: Disciplinary while off sick

Posted by John Brandon and Esther Smith in Strategies, Managing people, Employment law on Tue, 11/05/2010 - 09:04

How can we sort out disciplinary while the employee is off sick? John Brandon and Esther Smith advise.

The question:

I have an employee under an existing disciplinary sanction, who now has another 'issue' over capability and have asked them to attend another disciplinary meeting. They have responded by getting themselves signed off sick with 'stress' for two months. Whilst I appreciate one should not really conduct a disciplinary (in absence) if the employee is signed off sick, is there a reasonable time frame in which I could invite the employee to attend a hearing...

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