What’s the idea changing a sick note to a fit note , I wondered what the doctors were on about saying there’s a fit note waiting for you , how long has the name been changed
Back on the road dozy??
To be honest I’d never heard of a fit note until I read your post.
Apparently Fit Notes replaced Sick Notes in April 2010.
There’s more information about Fit Notes in this article.
Also
drover:
Back on the road dozy??
No drover , the last agency I worked for have been offering me alsorts of work which I’ve turned down , then they rang a week ago asking how I was , then said if I could send them a sick note ( fit note ) they would pay me statuary sick pay , which did suprise me as I didn’t think agency paid sick pay , and they’d never mentioned it previously .
Can’t see me driving again to be honest for a living , but will see how things pan out
tachograph:
To be honest I’d never heard of a fit note until I read your post.Apparently Fit Notes replaced Sick Notes in April 2010.
There’s more information about Fit Notes in this article.
Also
No I’d not , I requested a sick note & got a email saying a fit note was waiting for me , thought we’d got our wires crossed
Could it be a psychological approach to encourage all the glass backed workshy back into employment, if it is its not working
peirre:
Could it be a psychological approach to encourage all the glass backed workshy back into employment, if it is its not working
Yes could be ,
Good post Dozy, I’d certainly never heard about this in the 12 years it’s been in place.
It is an answer to a problem that didn’t exist, (The Fit Note).
The idea of a Fit Note is that a GP (Doctor) having examined (you) for the first time in (insert number of years here) can determine from your responses as to the nature of your duties at work what you can or cannot do.
I am going to provide an example: Hi Doc, I was employed as a driver and now I am blind. I can’t see. Can you give me a sick note?
Doctor: However I see you also train guide dogs and transport the guide dogs around the country. So I think that you are the best person to train guide dogs, but not to drive them around. So, I am going to say you are fit to train guide dogs but not to drive.
So, get into work.
BUT, and it is a big BUT! If the employer of this driver/employee cannot find a way to allow this person to get to work without a guide dog that he/she needs to train as they cannot get to work without the means to get to the work they can do without the guide dog.
It is a stoopid piece of legislation. +