SICKNESS AND ABSENCE. If you need to be absent during an assignment, you must advise the Client and the Employment Business by [10:00 am] on the first working day of your absence. On your return to work, where your absence was due to sickness, you must obtain, complete and return to the Employment Business a self-certification form before the end of your first working day. For all absences in excess of seven days, you must provide a medical certificate from your doctor. You may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay subject to meeting the relevant statutory criteria. [Further information regarding absence can be found in the Employment Business’ Attendance Policy]. You should not accept an assignment if you know that you will be unable to work all or any of the hours agreed because of sickness or injury. The Agency Workers Regulations (2010) give you the right to equal treatment with an employee of the Client in a comparable role after a qualifying period of 12 weeks on an assignment, including equal pay, automatic pension entitlement and paid holidays above the statutory minimum. The 12-week qualifying period is calculated from the first day of the assignment. The 12-week qualifying period can be paused for the following reasons:
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Sources: Agency Workers Agreement, Agency Workers Casual Agreement