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Sickness Absence Management Tools & Templates Index

Stage	Template
1. Informal Resolution for Short Term Sickness Absence	How to guide: How and when to conduct Return to Work (RTW) discussions/interviews Template: Return to Work Discussion/Interview Form Guidance: Managers’ Guide to Reasonable Adjustments How to guide: How to carry out an Informal Monitoring/Review Meeting (having earlier conducted a Return To Work Interview) Letter: Invitation to Informal Review Meeting Letter: Outcome of an Informal Review Meeting (Attendance Improved Sufficiently) Letter: Outcome of an Informal Review Meeting (Attendance Not Improved Sufficiently)
1. Informal Resolution for Long Term Sickness Absence	How to guide: How to maintain contact with absent employees Letter: Seeking informal meeting Letter: Notification of Referral to the Staff Occupational Health Service How to guide: How to carry out an Informal Monitoring/Review Meeting (having earlier conducted a Return To Work Interview) Template: Informal Meeting Record Guidance: Managers’ Guide to Reasonable Adjustments Letter: Invitation to Informal Review Meeting
2. Establish Detail for Short Term Sickness Absence	Guidance: Establishing the Facts Guidance: Guidance on Case Management Letter: Invitation to case management meeting Letter: Outcome of case management meeting Letter: Outcome of informal review meeting (Not met expectations)
2. Establish Detail for Long Term Sickness Absence	Guidance: Establishing the Facts Guidance: Guidance on Case Management Letter: Invitation to case management meeting Letter: Outcome of case management meeting Guidance: Guidance on Risk Assessments Template: RTW Risk Assessment Form How to guide: How to develop a Return to Work (RTW) Plan
3. Formal Capability Hearing (Sickness)	How to guide: How to arrange a formal hearing Letter: Invitation to formal hearing Letter: Invitation to RESCHEDULED formal hearing How to guide: How to chair a formal hearing Letter: Outcome of formal capability hearing (Sickness) Letter: To those presenting management case at formal hearing/meeting Memo: To all attending hearing (excluding witnesses) providing paperwork in relation to formal hearing/meeting
4. Appeal	Letter: Acknowledgement of receipt of appeal How to guide: How to arrange an appeal hearing Letter: Notification of appeal hearing How to guide: How to chair an appeal hearing Letter: Outcome of appeal hearing Letter: To Chair of hearing inviting to appeal hearing Memo: To all attending hearing (excluding witnesses) providing paperwork in relation to appeal