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Employment rights & support
Understanding your rights makes conversations with employers less daunting. These official sources explain sick pay, reasonable adjustments, flexible working and the support available to help you stay in or return to work.
All employment rights & support
- GOV.UK
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) (opens GOV.UK website in a new tab)
What you can get, eligibility and how to claim Statutory Sick Pay from your employer.
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- GOV.UK
Reasonable adjustments for disabled workers (opens GOV.UK website in a new tab)
Employers must make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers — which can include people with long-term physical or mental health conditions.
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- Acas
Reasonable adjustments at work (opens Acas website in a new tab)
Acas guidance on what reasonable adjustments are, how to ask for them and examples that can help.
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- Acas
Supporting mental health at work (opens Acas website in a new tab)
Guidance for employees and employers on talking about mental health, absence and returning to work.
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- Acas
Contact the Acas helpline (opens Acas website in a new tab)
Free, impartial advice on workplace rights, including if an employer will not consider adjustments.
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- GOV.UK
Flexible working (opens GOV.UK website in a new tab)
Your right to request flexible working, how to apply and how employers must respond.
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- GOV.UK
Fit notes (opens GOV.UK website in a new tab)
Official guidance on fit notes, including how a healthcare professional can suggest changes such as a phased return.
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- GOV.UK
Access to Work (opens GOV.UK website in a new tab)
Government support to help you start or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition, including mental health support.
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- Citizens Advice
Work rights advice (opens Citizens Advice website in a new tab)
Free, independent advice on problems at work, sickness absence and discrimination.
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- Citizens Advice
Benefits advice (opens Citizens Advice website in a new tab)
Find out which benefits you might be entitled to if you are ill, disabled or on a low income.
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