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HSE National Procedure

Procedure For Occupational Health (OH) In HSE Sick Pay Schemes & Long Term Absence Benefit Scheme


Topic: Occupational health sick pay long term absence scheme
Document Owner: Director of workplace health & wellbeing unit
National Group: Workplace health & wellbeing unit
Effective From: 19 March 2024
This Procedure outlines the Role of Occupational Health in various HSE Sick Pay schemes & Long term Absence benefit schemes and provides guidance on the processes required
Procedure For Occupational Health (OH) In HSE Sick Pay Schemes & Long Term Absence Benefit Scheme
PDF, 1.14MB

The purpose of this National procedure is:

 To bring clarity to the Role of Occupational Health in HSE Sick Pay schemes and to standardise the process.

 Provide guidance to Occupational Health physicians in fulfilling their role when assessing employees referred to Occupational Health Service for access to sick pay or one of the long term absence benefit schemes.

 Provide a framework to limit medical information to only what is necessary and specific to a particular scheme.

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