Sickness Absence Management
Published on: 25/05/2017
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Gareth Walls Partner & Head of Employment and Incentives Group, A&L Goodbody
Gareth Walls Partner & Head of Employment and Incentives Group, A&L Goodbody
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Gareth Walls is a Partner and Head of the A&L Goodbody's Employment group in Belfast. Gareth represents a number of local, national and international brands in business support, strategic workforce planning and high-profile tribunal matters. He also has significant experience advising stakeholders on complex redundancy, re-structuring and TUPE issues. Gareth is an accomplished commercial litigator with particular emphasis on procurement challenges and injunctive relief in the Employment context, as well as being a sought-after speaker on Employment issues in Northern Ireland.

Today’s video article by Gareth Walls, Partner at A&L Goodbody, focuses on one of the most significant issues that every employer faces: sickness absence and how to manage it. Gareth provides useful tips on how to deal with issues such as work-related stress absence, accessing medical reports and how to best deal with occupational health instruction within the confines of legislation.

View Gareth’s video here or read the transcription below:

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 25/05/2017