When health and performance dip
Sickness absence, capability and performance.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- People Management and Employment Law
- Price
- £39
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Read the full terms
Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Health is where employment law and ordinary decency meet most directly. This module covers Statutory Sick Pay from April 2026, reading a fit note as advice, absence linked to disability and the duty to make reasonable adjustments, including Griffiths v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, ill-health capability following East Lindsey District Council v Daubney, the two routes for short and long absence, and planning a return to work that lasts. Poor performance usually builds slowly, and managers who wait often find a supportive conversation has become a formal problem. This module distinguishes capability from conduct, sets out a fair performance procedure under the Acas Code and its draft successor, prepares you for difficult conversations, and uses the illustrative case of Gareth, whose undisclosed dyslexia surfaced after a new system arrived, to show why support comes first, sanction last, and how improvement plans can genuinely help.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain how Statutory Sick Pay and fit notes work since April 2026 and use a fit note to open a planning conversation.
- Apply the duty to make reasonable adjustments to absence linked to disability, including adjusting trigger points before formal action.
- Plan a fair ill-health capability process and a phased return to work, following the principle of find out, adjust, then decide.
- Distinguish capability from conduct and explain why naming the reason first determines the right procedure.
- Plan a fair performance procedure, from informal conversation to formal stages, that puts support before sanction.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 08Health, Absence and CapabilityHealth is where employment law and ordinary decency meet most directly. This module covers Statutory Sick Pay from April 2026, reading a fit note as advice, absence linked to disability and the duty to make reasonable adjustments, including Griffiths v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, ill-health capability following East Lindsey District Council v Daubney, the two routes for short and long absence, and planning a return to work that lasts.39 min
- 09Managing Performance FairlyPoor performance usually builds slowly, and managers who wait often find a supportive conversation has become a formal problem. This module distinguishes capability from conduct, sets out a fair performance procedure under the Acas Code and its draft successor, prepares you for difficult conversations, and uses the illustrative case of Gareth, whose undisclosed dyslexia surfaced after a new system arrived, to show why support comes first, sanction last, and how improvement plans can genuinely help.37 min
Keep going.
Part of the People Management and Employment Law topic, also sold whole as Fair, firm and lawful.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, Fair, consistent, humane, 4 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- Explore, Getting the basics right, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
- The whole topicImmerse, Fair, firm and lawful, 11 hours, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
Also part of: What takes you further, Stepping up, Fair, firm and lawful
Other Bitesize in the People Management and Employment Law topic
- The law and the managerEmployment Rights Act 2025 and contracts2 hours£39
- Starting on the right footRecruitment law, pay, hours and holidays1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Fair treatment, flexible livesFlexible working, family leave, discrimination1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Handling it fairlyAcas Code: discipline, grievances and bullying1 hour 15 minutes£39
- When someone speaks upWhistleblowing and fair dismissal1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Change with fairnessRedundancy, TUPE and working with trade unions1 hour 15 minutes£39
