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💡 We care about your physical & mental health! Pushing yourself to work when you’re sick is neither fun nor useful.
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🔗 Useful Links
📄 Self-Certification Form
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💚 Taking a day off because you’re unwell in probation is not a problem. Your body doesn’t decide to get unwell once probation has finished - it’s not on a calendar timeline.
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TL;DR
- Your health is important - take care of it! We appreciate that there will inevitably be times where you’re too unwell to work.
- So that you can rest up with serenity, you’ll receive full pay for up to 40 days rolling annually and income protection.
- You'll need to bring a doctor's note if you're ill for 7+ calendar days.
- After a period of sick leave, you’ll have to fill out a self-certification form and attend a return-to-work interview with your manager.
👩⚕️ Healthcare Cash Plan: We're with Health Shield.
Learnerbly will cover you at Level 1 to help you take care of your health & wellbeing.
- Click the toggle to find out more 👈
🤧 How to Take Sick Leave
- Book the day off on BambooHR using the Sick Leave policy.
- Be sure to add a description of the sickness so your manager knows why you’re off.
- Tell your manager - let them know how long you’re expecting to be off and if there’s any urgent work that needs attention.
- Get some rest! It helps you heal up (and avoids spreading the germs in case of infection).
- You must complete a self-certification form (see the useful links at the top of the page).
- When you return to work, you’ll attend a return-to-work interview with your manager to make sure we recorded the right reason for your absence and to see whether we can support you.
👁🗨 See it
- Don't feel guilty for being unwell. It's ok - take care of yourself!
- Go to the doctor in time if you need to.
- If you have headaches, bad sleep or panic-related stuff over a longer period of time, it may be related to stress. For advice, have a look at our Wellbeing Page 💫
👄 Say it
- Let your team know that you’re sick and how long you expect to be off.
- Log it on BambooHR. Doing it from your bed? No problem! Download the BambooHR app!
- Cancel your meetings - it helps avoid confusion and saves everyone time.
- Keep your team updated on how you’re feeling. Your manager may also reach out to check on you.
- Let everyone know when you’re back.
🤮 Long-Term Sickness
- If you’re off for 4 weeks or more, your absence will be regularly reviewed on a case-by-case basis.