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Are employers able to send someone they think is ill home?!
A member of my team has a very bad sinus infection, to the point where her work is being disrupted and I'm finding it difficult to concentrate myself.
Although they say they do not have a cold I am still worried about the germs because it sounds like one! It seems to be an ongoing condition but is much worse than usual at the moment. They don't like going to doctors and have no medication for it.
I have strongly suggested they see a medical professional, even though I don't know if I have the right to make suggestions like that.
Are employers entitled to ask an employee not to come to work until they get over a condition like this or seek treatment for it? Or to send someone home for something like this even if they are willing to work? And if they are entitled to, do they have to give the employee sick pay?
Re: Are employers able to send someone they think is ill home?!
As far as I understand it, Although an employer has a "duty of care" to their employee and may suggest the employee goes home, they cannot enforce this unless an occupational health report recommends it, or the employee has a notifiable disease or a condition which compromises infection control (for example, sickness and diahorrea where they work with food or in the care sector). In both cases, you would have to pay sick pay in line with your company policy. If there is no company sick pay policy, you must pay statutory sick pay, but can reclaim this from the government if a GP provides a MED3.
I'm sure someone will correct me if the information is incomplete or incorrect.
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Re: Are employers able to send someone they think is ill home?!
Largely depends on the type of work involved. In many cases not only can an employer send you home, they could face prosecution under the health and safety act for not doing so
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