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1.7.5 Time off for medical appointments
You may be granted paid time off to attend medical (including dental and optician)
appointments which cannot be arranged outside working hours, subject to such policies
and procedures on authorisation as may apply locally. Such appointments should,
where possible, be made close to the beginning or end of your working day. You may
be asked to work additional hours to cover the time taken off for such appointments.
Pregnant women who attend ante-natal care appointments are entitled to paid time off
and will not be asked to work any additional hours to cover time taken off for such
appointments.
1.8 Absence from Work
You must wherever possible gain prior agreement from management before being
absent from work. In that case an explanation satisfactory to the bank must be given
for your absence.
If you do not have your manager’s prior agreement to your absence you must:
• comply with the bank's rules and procedures if the absence is due to your sickness
or injury as set out in clause 1.8.1 below; or
• if your absence is due to any other reason you must telephone management at your
normal starting time, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in order to
advise of your absence and provide a satisfactory explanation for the absence.
When you return to work you must attend a return to work interview.
If the bank considers the explanation you have given for your absence, verbally, in
writing, or through your self certification form, to be unsatisfactory or false then action
under the bank’s disciplinary procedures may be taken against you.
1.8.1 Absence Due to Sickness or Injury
If you are unable to attend work because of your sickness or injury you must telephone
your line management no later than your normal starting time (or as soon thereafter as
reasonably practicable) in order to advise them of your absence and its reason.
If your absence lasts in the case of HIUL employees for 7 calendar days or less, in the
case of employees in Jersey and Guernsey for 3 calendar days or less or, in the case of
employees in the Isle of Man for 5 working days or less, you will need to complete a
self certification form on your return to work.
If your absence exceeds, or is likely to exceed, in the case of HIUL employees one
calendar week, in the case of employees in Jersey and Guernsey 3 calendar days or, in
the case of employees in the Isle of Man 5 working days, you must consult your doctor
and obtain a medical statement expressing the doctor's opinion of the reason for your
absence from work. This must be sent by post or delivered to your manager. If further
certificates are required, these must also be sent to your manager by post or delivered.
If your illness lasts longer than the number of days (see above) applicable to your
location, you should contact your manager to advise him or her of your current
prognosis at least once a week, unless agreed otherwise.
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