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Law firm Attendance Review Meeting (ARM) plan and checklist: sickness absence, medical evidence, Occupational Health, reasonable adjustments and risk assessment
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Action Notes
Review earlier RTWI/ARM paperwork to identify:
- the employee’s health condition(s);
- treatments currently underway;
- medicines being taken;
- advice from the most recent RTWI/ARM;
- arrangements for a GP medical report;
- arrangements for any private medical examination;
- commissioning of an Occupational Health report;
- conclusions from medical reports/examinations;
- the medical practitioner’s longer-term prognosis;
- Reasonable adjustments made or proposed;
- how those adjustments affect the firm;
- any risk assessment completed;
- results of that risk assessment;
- how Outcomes have been applied to the employee’s role.
Examine absence data and confirm:
- the employee’s present absence rate;
- comparison with the firm’s target absence rate;
- the expected change in absence going forward (considering the practitioner’s prognosis).
Consult firm records regarding:
- the effect of the employee’s absence on their work and the firm;
- the firm’s capacity to manage the absence now and in future.
Prepare the ARM:
- who will lead the ARM?
- who will attend to take notes?
- where will the ARM be held?
- does the employee have a right to be accompanied?
- inform the employee about the ARM.
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