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This guide tries to answer some questions you might ask when an employee is absent from work due to sickness or unauthorised absence.

February 2016

This Information Note gives a brief outline of statutory rights to time off work. It includes basic information on who is entitled to the rights to time off work, links to other useful sources of further information and how people complain if they are denied a right they believe they are entitled to.

This webinar provides an overview on how to manage sickness absence in the workplace.  It covers the types and causes of sickness, ways of measuring sickness absence, including policy and procedure considerations.  It will provide you with best practice skills and techniques to effectively and efficiently manage sickness absence in the workplace.

This is the second podcast in our Challenging Workplaces series.  Our Employment Relations Manager, Helen Smyth, and Clare Moore of NIC ICTU join host Glenn Baker to talk about Domestic Violence and Abuse, the importance of seeing it as a workplace issue, and how employers can best support any employees who are experiencing it.

Revised January 2013

The Agency was given the power to introduce the Scheme by the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, as amended, and the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. Subsequently, the Scheme has been established by means of the Labour Relations Agency Arbitration Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.