Posted By Andrew Gordon Our Company Hr dept carry out these visits but they must inform the employee first, I cannot find any legislation on this though, I presume it is different in each company rules handbook. I have heard of companies using "Private Investigators" in cases similar. Regards Andy

Posted By Mark Bywater One piece of advice for you Jim - take someone with you as a witness. What gets said can be recalled differently when only you and the employee are present. And take notes, but be sympathetic towards him or he will smell a rat. You have to offer help and advice to bring him back to work.......light duties perhaps.....a visit to your company doctor etc. Just don't be heavy handed.....it won't be appreciated and will undo any good work you may have done. Regards, Mark

Posted By Merv Newman I agree with Paula. I had to do it once or twice and hated it. The last one was a friend who had chopped off the tips of his fingers in a small press. (no bones touched) After two weeks I was instructed to call on him at home, really to get him back to work. He answered the door in his slippers, arm in a sling. To me there was no way he was ready to go back to work. I told my boss (Du Pont) that and it was made clear to me that I had failed. I never did it again. Let HR sort out their own problems. Return-to-work is not my job.