Employers will be asked to bypass the “fit note” system by drawing up stay-in-work plans for millions of staff with long-term health conditions. A British government-backed drive to keep people in ...

Sick notes used to sign people off work could be overhauled under plans to slash unemployment, Liz Kendall has revealed, as she refused to rule out further benefit cuts. The Work and Pensions ...

The provincial government introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban employers from requiring sick notes for short-term absences. It is part of a larger effort to reduce administrative burdens on ...

British Columbia is reshaping the way employers manage employee illness and injury through amendments to the Employment Standards Act. Bill 11 is now in force and limits an employer’s ability to ...

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Opponents say proposal, designed to tackle employee skiving, would unnecessarily fill up doctors’ waiting rooms ...

He also told them that they already have 104 personal days a year — Saturday and Sunday. After an employee called out sick — and even had a doctor’s note to prove it — he was told by his boss that the ...

Behind the study, among others, are Dominique Hange, Kirsten Mehlig and Kristina Holmgren, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. Middle-aged women who experience work-related stress ...

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