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Employment Issues: Understanding Your Rights
Living with Long Covid or ME/CFS can make it difficult to remain in work or return to employment following a period of sickness absence. Understanding your employment rights and the support available can help you make informed decisions about your future.
This comprehensive guide from the ME Association (February 2024) provides practical information on employment rights, disability discrimination, reasonable adjustments, phased returns to work, sick pay, financial support and ill-health retirement.
The guide is particularly relevant to healthcare workers living with Long Covid who are struggling to remain in employment, considering returning to work or facing difficult decisions about their careers.
Please note: This guide was published in February 2024 and some information, particularly relating to benefits and statutory payments, may have changed. Always check current guidance.
The guidance can be accessed by clicking here.
