Surgery then the sack? [LBC Legal Hour]

Charlie will need to be on 'lighter duties' after his hernia operation so now he's been told to resign. What should he do?
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Typically recovery times for heavy work is only about 4 weeks which any surgeon would sign. Not entitled to full pay unless its in your contract of course but your job is totally safe during that time. Whether your employee is required to pay you to do light work (if it exists) is a different matter. I thought Mr Barnett advice was a bit more complex than required.
If I was him asking the stupid comment from his boss I would demand 4 weeks full sick pay while you recover (if he wasn't getting it before)