Show # 10: Malingering and pulling a sickie

Welcome to show number 10 of the My Virtual HR Radio Show.

Most managers are clear about how to deal with an employee who pulls a sickie when they are neither ill nor incapacitated.

In today's show I will be looking at dealing with malingerers. They are the small proportion of your employees who, although they may be ill or incapacitated, are deliberately exaggerating the extent of their illness or incapacity and its affects so as to prevent them from returning to work and enabling them to continue receiving the benefits you pay.

Such cases are often treated as a capability issue. However, a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision suggests that approach needs rethinking. I today's show I will be discussing the case case of Metroline West Ltd v Ajaj in which the Employment Appeal Tribunal made some interesting comments about pulling a sickie and also said that malingering was a conduct issue, not capability. Listen to the show to discover more...

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