By Dr Paul Nicholson
This series of leading practice guides discusses the management of long-term sickness absence to facilitate a successful return to work.
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- Return-to-work arrangements
- Phased return to work
- Workplace adjustments
- Relocation
- Redeployment to suitable alternative work
- Return-to-work plan
- Return-to-work meeting
- Alternative outcomes following long-term sickness absence
- Ill-health retirement
- Dismissal on the ground of ill health
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About the author
Dr Paul Nicholson
Dr Paul Nicholson OBE is an occupational physician with experience in military/aviation, chemicals/petrochemicals manufacture, consumer products research and development, and office and manufacturing environments.
He has authored more than 150 publications on topics that include health risk communication; occupational asthma; occupational contact dermatitis; shift work; ageing and work; alcohol, drugs and work; business resilience; and COVID-19 and work.
His special interests include promoting best practice and the professional standing of occupational health and wellbeing through the judicious application of evidence-based medicine.