Fit Note Changes – An Update For Employers

To help reduce the pressure on GPs during the booster programme, the regulation around fit notes has been amended temporarily.

• Up to 26th January 2022 a fit note is no longer required until an absence is over 28 days
• This applies to an absence that started on or after 17th December 2021
• It will apply if an absence started before 17th December 2021 but had not reached 7 calendar days
• It will not apply to an absence that starts on or after the 27th January 2022

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