SICKNESS ABSENCE POLICY

This Sickness Absence Policy has been drafted for use by employers and provides a structured and consistent approach to all sickness and absence provides guidance to the managers and employees with regard to the different steps, roles, responsibilities and timelines that apply.

This Policy contains the following sections:

1.       Policy Statement

2.       Policy purpose.

3.       Scope of the Policy.

4.       Confidentiality & Data Protection

5.       Roles and Responsibilities.

A.           HR

B.            Employees

C.            Managers

6.       Sickness Absence Reporting Procedure.

7.       Sick Leave Certificates.

8.       Unauthorized Absences

9.       Pregnancy-related sickness absence

10.   Salary deductions

11.   Termination during sick leave

12.   Renewal and review

Jurisdiction

This document is intended for use in the United Arab Emirates.

Before Execution

- The information on this front page or contained in the headers and footers of this instrument are for guidance purposes only.

- Please delete this front page together with the information contained in the headers, footers and the endnotes prior to circulating this letter. Where square brackets […] and highlights are used in the document, it indicates that there is missing or incomplete information which will need to be incorporated prior to signature.

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