Keeping in touch
Your manager will keep in touch with you when you are not fit for work. This includes a chronic health condition, progressive illness or disability. They will contact you as early as possible and will maintain regular contact through your absence.
Return to work meetings
Your manager will hold return to work meetings when you return from any period of absence. They will use these meetings to:
- help identify absence problems at an early stage
- provide an opportunity for managers to discuss any underlying issues with you
- consider any relevant adjustments they can make to support you
Your manager will monitor absence levels and discuss these with you. They will identify when you have reached, or are close to reaching, a trigger point.
Your manager will ensure that you provide all necessary certifications, or 'fit notes'.
When you return to work, it does not always mean that your health and wellbeing has entirely improved. A return to work meeting is an opportunity to discuss these matters with your manager. They will try to provide any appropriate support for when you return.
Dual employment within the county council
Some of our employees have two or more jobs. Your primary manager will share information about your absence with the managers of your other positions.
This is to assess whether other managers also need to take action. We do not want to put your health at risk by continuing with work in your other posts.