Absence Records and Return to Work

This collection brings together the practical documents employers and HR teams need to record absence, monitor attendance, and manage return to work processes.

It is focused on routine absence administration, helping employers deal with day-to-day sickness and related absence issues in a clearer and more consistent way.

Routine absence records and administration

The documents in this collection support the everyday administration of absence, including record-keeping, monitoring, and routine absence communications. Employers can use the HR Sickness Monitoring Checklist to keep absence management on track, while the Employee Absence Record helps maintain a clear record of individual absence.

Where monitoring involves employee health information, the Sickness And Absence Monitoring Consent Form can support a clearer consent process. The Sickness and Absence Self-Certification Form is available where employees need to provide a self-certification record for sickness absence.

Return to work documents

The collection also includes return to work materials for employers who need to review absence in a structured way once an employee comes back to work. The Guidance Notes for Return To Work Interviews And Risk Assessments help explain the process, while the Absence And Illness Return To Work Form supports proper follow-up and record-keeping.

Unauthorised absence and related absence issues

The collection also includes letters for dealing with unauthorised absence and related absence issues such as jury service. These help employers respond where an employee has not attended work as expected or where a non-sickness absence needs to be handled clearly.

A practical starting point for routine absence issues

These documents are grouped together because they are most useful where the immediate need is to record absence, manage short-term absence issues, or complete return to work paperwork.

That gives HR teams and managers a quicker route to the documents most relevant to routine absence handling.

• HR Sickness Monitoring Checklist
• Sickness And Absence Monitoring Consent Form
• Employee Absence Record
• First Unauthorised Absence Letter
• Final Unauthorised Absence Letter
• Guidance Notes for Return To Work Interviews And Risk Assessments
• Sickness and Absence Self-Certification Form
• Absence And Illness Return To Work Form
• Invitation to Return to Work Interview Letter
• Jury Service Letter

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