Month: December 2025

It’s Christmas party time, and we’re getting serious. Employment laws are tightening, increasing your legal duty to protect your people (especially from sexual harassment). That means you must be even […]

Is it time to axe sick notes?

For many years, the standard ‘sick note’ (also known as a fit note) from a GP has been the main mechanism for approving time off work for illness. However, with poor workplace wellbeing estimated to cost the UK economy a staggering £12 billion a year, it...