Three recent decisions represent good news for employers managing employees who are on long term sick leave.

Organisations are often unaware of their rights to seek further information from employees about their medical condition, particularly where medical certificates provide scant detail. Further, there is considerable reluctance on the part of businesses to dismiss an employee because of a medical condition. However, these recent cases demonstrate that, provided that procedural fairness is afforded to the employee concerned, organisations may have a valid reason to either request further medical information or dismiss an employee on long term sick leave.

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