Set clear expectations and manage sickness fairly and consistently.

What is it?

A professionally written Attendance & Sickness Absence Management Policy template that helps small businesses manage sickness, lateness, authorised leave, and long-term absence in a fair and compliant way. Easy to customise and aligned with UK employment guidance.

Who is it for?

✔ Small businesses looking to formalise attendance expectations

✔ Startups introducing clear sickness reporting procedures

✔ Employers wanting a transparent and fair approach to absence

✔ Teams needing guidance on long-term absence and return-to-work processes

What it helps you do:

• Set clear expectations for attendance, punctuality, and reporting sickness

• Provide employees with a simple sickness reporting process

• Manage short-term and long-term absence consistently

• Support employees through illness while protecting business continuity

• Reduce misconduct risks around unauthorised absence or repeated lateness

• Demonstrate fairness by following clear, consistent procedures

  
  

What’s included:

• Fully editable Word document

• Reporting requirements for sickness and absence

• Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) information

• Guidance for unauthorised, authorised, and prolonged absences

• Return-to-work meeting framework

• Confidentiality and record-keeping guidance

• Clear actions for persistent absence or lateness

• Signature & acknowledgment page for employee records

  
  

Why choose U-HR templates?

• Designed specifically for small businesses and everyday HR situations

• Simple, practical language with no legal jargon

• More affordable than solicitor-written policies

• Ready to download and customise instantly

  
  

📎 Instant download

📎 Editable in Word