return to work after heart attack

woodkitten · 17 February 2006 at 12:41AM

Please has anybody any info, on returning to work after long term sick with full pay
pay.
My hubby has just returned from a visit with his company nurse who has said he can return to work but for the month he will only be allowed to work 1/2 shifts on certain days and then each day more time will be added on leading up to a full return at the end of the month. My problem here is that we will only get 12 hours pay for the whole of the month are we entitled to claim any state sick benefit as up till now his company has paid him, but they will not help with the return to work and they insist that he can only return under these terms. He will have to go in each day for half the day and so on this alone will be costly as he was on a lift share but will now have to cover all the travel costs alone 12 hours pay for the month will defo be a major struggle.

woodkitten · 17 February 2006 at 12:54AM

Any info please on returning to work after long term sick leave with pay, my hubby had a heart attack and after a chat with his company nurse has been told he can return but has to stagger the return by going in for half a day twice one week followed by 1 full day and 2 half days the folowing week and so on, this will give us a total of 12 hours for the month which we will never get by on.

My question is would he be entitled to claim any state sickness benefit as some weeks he will only have work for 1 day, and as i have said above he must go to work each day even if it is for 1 whole day a week or a half day a coulpe of times a week. Any help please!

woodkitten · 17 February 2006 at 12:57AM

Sorry i thought it had not been posted so did another copy sorry once again
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CIS · 17 February 2006 at 9:29AM

To get sick pay , you must be treated as being incapable of work, so I would have thought it would stop.

Best bet is to ring HMRC and ask them, they are responsible for sick pay.

Further info here
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/ssp.htm

ohreally · 17 February 2006 at 3:02PM

Your husband should make himself aware of the companies policy regarding a phased return to work. My own organisation has support measures in place for this type of situation and by and large they are at no detriment to either earnings or holiday entitlement.

Fleago · 18 February 2006 at 10:23AM

I agree with Ohreally, check it out with the company. Where I work, if someone still in the full pay phase of occupational sick pay returns to work, they still get full pay. If they are in the half pay phase, they return on half pay if the hours of the phased return amount to less than the amount of half pay but as soon as the hours are more than half they are paid for the hours they work, increasing up to full pay once they are working normal hours. If they are out of pay, they are paid at least the amount of benefit they were receiving even if their hourly total would pay them less, with the amount increasing from that base line as the hours increase.

I'm surprised an employer seems to be causing a financial detriment to someone attempting to get back to work, so I think your OH should check it out.

Fleago

return to work after heart attack

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