In these circumstances it is for the MANAGER to decide if the employee should be recorded as sick or not. Where there are clear benefits to the service and the individual in working from home, and the employee is producing sufficient output, the manager MAY decide that the employee should not be recorded as sick. Whether this will be acceptable will depend upon a NUMBER of factors including the employee’s role, the impact on service delivery, the REGULARITY of such occurrences, the impact on other team members and the nature of the ABSENCE. 

In these circumstances it is for the manager to decide if the employee should be recorded as sick or not. Where there are clear benefits to the service and the individual in working from home, and the employee is producing sufficient output, the manager may decide that the employee should not be recorded as sick. Whether this will be acceptable will depend upon a number of factors including the employee’s role, the impact on service delivery, the regularity of such occurrences, the impact on other team members and the nature of the absence.