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Ill Health Dismissal – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in : How do I handle it NI on 18 January 2021
Patricia Rooney
Tughans
Issues covered: Dismissal; Ill Health Absence; Occupational Health Assessment.

For January 2021, we have asked the employment team at Tughans’ Solicitors to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?”

The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal from time to time with the less common place disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims of discrimination or constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

This month’s problem concerns:

I am a Human Resource Manager and we currently have a long term absent employee. Can you explain how best to approach a possible dismissal due to the long-term sickness and ill-health of

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This article is correct at 18/01/2021
Disclaimer:

The information in this article is provided as part of Legal-Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article.

Patricia Rooney
Tughans

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