If you’ve been off sick for 7 days or less
If you’re off work sick for 7 days or less, your employer should not ask for medical evidence that you’ve been ill. Instead, they can ask you to confirm that you’ve been ill. You can do this by filling in a form yourself when you return to work. We call this self-certification.
If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
To request a sick note:
- Use our Online Service to send a request
- phone or visit us
Find out more about sick notes on the NHS website.
Need help to stay in or get back to work?
Working Well Early Help can help you. They can provide free personalised support and advice on health and wellbeing, lifestyle, assistant in work, workplace adjustments, skills education and training, finding work. For further information click here to visit their website.