We have an employee that has well met the trigger points in our sickness absence policy and has had a formal review meeting with their line manager. The reason they gave for their level of absence was that they thought they were more susceptible to picking up bugs than others – but they had taken no action to overcome this. They have had 8 occasions in 8 months = 13 days. They were told next time you are off sick you will be referred to OHU. This has been duly done and they flatly refuse to attend the OHU appt they ‘don’t want’ to go. Our policy reserves us the right to require that they attend OHU appt – but doesn’t specify what happens if they refuse to go. Can anyone give me the benefit of their wisdom having dealt with a similar employee situation? Let’s say this employee has not been the most committed member of staff we have ever had and currently has a disciplinary warning for repeated failure to follow the sicknes absence reporting procedure.
thanks for your help
Becca Cleare