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• Workplace adaptations

b. These adaptations should be discussed and agreed prior to your return to work

c. If it is not possible for the company to accommodate the return to work with
restrictions the company will use the statement as if your GP had advised “not fit
for work”. You are not required to return to your GP for a new statement to
confirm this

d. Any phased return to work will be noted as a temporary
variation to contract and salary and benefits adjusted
accordingly for the period of phased return

SICKNESS ABSENCE AND HOLIDAYS

If you fall sick or are injured while on holiday, the company
will allow you to transfer to sick leave and take replacement
holiday at a later time subject to the following strict
conditions:
a. The total period of incapacity must be fully certificated by a
qualified medical practitioner regardless of the duration of the absence (i.e. from
the first day of sickness)

b. You have followed absence reporting procedures in accordance with the
company’s absence policy and have telephoned your line manager as soon as you
know that there will be a period of incapacity during a holiday

c. You must submit a written request no later than 5 days after returning to work
setting out how much of the holiday period was affected by sickness and the
amount of leave that you wish to take at another time

d. Where you are overseas when you fall ill or are injured, evidence must be
produced that you were ill by way of either a medical certificate (in English) or
proof of a claim on an insurance policy for medical treatment received at the
overseas location

e. You will be responsible for any charges associated with the provision of any
documentary evidence

Where you have fulfilled all of the above conditions, the company will grant you the
same number of days’ replacement holiday leave as the number of holiday days lost
due to sickness or injury.

You will be entitled to receive Statutory Sick Pay only (if you are eligible and in
accordance with current legislation) for any period of sickness absence that occurs
during scheduled holiday.

If you fail to follow the company’s absence reporting procedures or have not fulfilled
all of the above conditions, your period of absence will either be treated as holiday or