Annual Leave and Sickness

Annual Leave

Annual leave must first be agreed with your line manager.  Once agreed with your line manager you must then log your leave using  MyHR Self Service or the Inside UCL app.

Sickness Absence

If you are unwell and cannot attend work, you must inform your line manager at the start of the working day and provide additional information such as the anticipated length of absence and any important or urgent work that needs to be covered.

Line managers are required to record all periods of sickness absence, including any half days, on MyHR. For short term absences employees may enter the details themselves using MyHR self service.

Individuals are responsible for ensuring that they follow the correct certification procedures for Sickness absence reporting.  (UCL’s Sickness Absence Procedure)

Employees who are absent for longer than 7 calendar days, must provide Fit Notes from their GP to cover their absence from the 8th calendar day through to the last day of the absence. For Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) purposes, every day of the absence (from Day 8) must be covered by a Fit Note including weekends, bank holidays and UCL closure days at Easter or Christmas.

Full details of UCL’s Sickness Asbsence Procedure