Illness
Below are our 9 articles in the 'illness' category:

We would all hope that, if a colleague was ill, we would be supportive. We would also hope that if we were suffering from an illness, our colleagues would do all they could to help us until we got ...

When you are ill the last thing you want to be worried about is your employment situation. Workers rights in the UK are quite well balanced for the good of the employer and employee, but in order ...

It is unlikely that you will be able to wait until you are feeling totally better to return to work after illness, for practical, emotional or financial reasons.
This means that you may ...

When major events happen in our lives, such as getting married, the death of a parent or a long term illness, it is no surprise that our priorities can change.
You realise that some ...

Unfortunately, illness is a part of life. We all would prefer to be fit and healthy until way into our nineties, but it doesn’t always work out like that.
Being ill is no fun, so it is ...

There are no rights and wrongs about going back to work after a long term illness; you can only do what feels right for you.
There are, however, some guidelines to be taken into ...

When you return to work after recovering from an illness it is unlikely that you will be totally better. Many illnesses take some time to leave your system completely and others have side effects ...

However sympathetic and understanding your employer is about your return to work following an illness, they are still focused on the bottom line. Depending on the industry in which you work, your ...

Returning to work after having to take time off to recover from an illness can have many unforeseen issues. It’s not just about getting better and then dealing with your bulging in-tray, although ...