| It isn't necessarily the company policy. Most of them have a restriction which means that sick pay will only be paid of a doctors note is provided. Therefore, no sicknote, no SSP or employer sickpay. The ease with which people can get a sicknote is the problem.
Dismissal for non-attendance at work is not unfair, provided the correct procedures are followed. Lots of Local Authorities have policies which wll end up with dismissal after about a year of dodgy attendance, longer for non- attendance with a lengthy illness. |