Employers ‘dubious’ over impact of ‘Fit Notes’

UK employers remain unconvinced that the government’s new ‘Fit Notes’ scheme will have any tangible impact on the management of sickness absence, according to a survey of 500 businesses by insurer Aviva UK Health.Under the new ‘The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (amendment) Regulations 2010’, which comes into force this…