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Handle staff sickness fairly, from the first call to coming back

Someone's off sick again, and you don't know what to ask, what to pay or how to talk about it when they're back. Get a calm process, the messages and the GOV.UK pages on sick pay.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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The problem

Sickness is awkward, and you worry about sounding uncaring or being taken advantage of. Without a process, every absence is handled differently.

The outcome

Someone's off sick again, and you don't know what to ask, what to pay or how to talk about it when they're back. Get a calm process, the messages and the GOV.UK pages on sick pay.

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me handle staff sickness fairly.

The situation: [who, how long, how they reported it, any pattern]
How sickness is reported now: [details]
How I pay sick days now: [details]

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Someone's off sick again, and you don't know what to ask, what to pay or how to talk about it when they're back. Get a calm process, the messages and the GOV.UK pages on sick pay.

The prompt · Grok

Help me handle staff sickness fairly.

The situation: [who, how long, how they reported it, any pattern]
How sickness is reported now: [details]
How I pay sick days now: [details]

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A short example

Someone's off sick again, and you don't know what to ask, what to pay or how to talk about it when they're back. Get a calm process, the messages and the GOV.UK pages on sick pay.

1

You describe the absence and how your team reports sickness now.

2

The assistant asks how long they've been off and whether it's a pattern.

3

You get a reporting process, a kind check-in message, a return-to-work chat plan and the GOV.UK statutory sick pay page.

What happens

Use Grok Bot to handle staff sickness fairly, from the first call to coming back

Someone's off sick again, and you don't know what to ask, what to pay or how to talk about it when they're back. Get a calm process, the messages and the GOV.UK pages on sick pay.

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