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Sickness self-certification

Self-certify a short absence for Statutory Sick Pay: the dates, the reason and the declaration your employer needs. Free, no sign-up, in your browser.

For an absence of seven calendar days or less you certify yourself; a fit note is needed only from the eighth day. Give the first and last day of the absence, whether you worked at all on the first day, and sign the declaration. This is the Statutory Sick Pay regime of Great Britain; in the United States, ask your employer for its own absence form or an FMLA certification.

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This is the Statutory Sick Pay regime of Great Britain. You may self-certify an absence of seven calendar days or less, weekends and days off counted; from the eighth day your employer can ask for a fit note, which a nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist or occupational therapist may issue as well as a doctor. In the United States there is no self-certification regime: ask your employer for its own absence form, or for an FMLA certification if the absence is longer.

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For an absence of seven calendar days or less you certify yourself; a fit note is needed only from the eighth day. Give the first and last day of the absence, whether you worked at all on the first day, and sign the declaration. This is the Statutory Sick Pay regime of Great Britain; in the United States, ask your employer for its own absence form or an FMLA certification.

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When do I need a fit note instead?

From the eighth calendar day of the absence. Up to seven days, weekends and days off included in the count, you certify yourself; beyond that your employer can ask for a fit note, which a nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist or occupational therapist may issue as well as a doctor.

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