Fitness to work

 

How to get a a Fitness to Work Certificate?

Doctors are not required by law to issue sick notes for periods of incapacity of seven days or less. If the doctor anticipates that you will need to be absent from work for seven and more days he/she will issue you with a Fitness to Work Certificate which will satisfy social security and statutory sick pay criteria.

 

If you have been absent from work for less than seven days and your employer still insists on a sick note the doctor may issue a private note for the cost of £15.