Guidance

Fit for Work: guidance for employers

Guidance for employers on using Fit for Work to help their employees stay in or return to work.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 2 January 2015
• Last updated: 8 September 2015 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 31 August 2018

This page has been withdrawn because the Fit for Work assessment service has ended. You can still get advice about health and work and support on sickness absence:

• fit notes and proof of sickness
• the Healthy Working Lives website for Scotland

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

[Withdrawn] Fit for Work: Guidance for employers

PDF, 323 KB, 27 pages

[Withdrawn] Welsh: Ffit i Weithio, Canllawiau i gyflogwyr

PDF, 339 KB, 27 pages

Details

This guidance aimed to help employers make the best use of Fit for Work, supporting their employees to return to work as quickly as appropriate.

We also published Fit for Work guidance for employees and guidance for GPs.

Published 2 January 2015
Last updated 8 September 2015 + show all updates

1. 8 September 2015

   Replaced guidance with revised versions – Return to Work Plans issued through Fit for Work can be accepted as evidence of sickness absence by employers in exactly the same way as a GP fit note.

2. 9 March 2015

   Added information about the phased roll-out of Fit for Work in England, Scotland and Wales in 2015. And replaced guidance PDFs.

3. 2 January 2015

   First published.