Dear list
I am looking for some advice on how to tackle the following problem.
I work for a company that has approximately 150 Polish workers. We have a
significant problem with them obtaining sick certs for "4 weeks" for "Bad
back/ Abdo pain etc" from the same Polish GP who operates from a practice
20 miles away (The majority of employees live within 5 miles of the company
premises, inner city area). Once they obtain the sick cert they invariably
return to Poland to seek "treatment".
HR have rasied concerns that the sick certs are easy to come by and rumours
abound that they may even have a price.
Whilst I accept that I too may travel a fair distance to talk to a GP of
mother tongue, I have concerns that his sick certs are for too long a
period and that we cannot ask the employee in for OH assessment because
they are in Poland "seeking" treatment.
Thoughts along the lines of..... challenging length of GP sick notes, SSP
legal entitlement if out the country, company policies to address,
insisting
employees are registered with local GPs etc etc greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
David
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