Excessive sick leave – how much is too much?

Excessive sick leave – how much is too much?
An employer isn't required to hold a job open indefinitely. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Rendle
In the past few months, I have noticed an increasing trend of employers managing high levels of sick leave across their businesses. Contributing factors are likely to include the increase in statutory entitlement to 10 days' sick leave, employers moving to more generous "wellness leave" policies, increased acceptance that sick leave can be taken for mental health reasons, and the low threshold and limited questioning of sick leave that happened during covid.  Overall, there have been real positives in some of these shifts.How...

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