Sick can be deemed as you not meeting the terms of your contract, i.e. you will show up at x address for 8hrs etc.
Originally Posted by righthooker
if the depression is work related then he should change jobs and not be on the sick

This makes a lot of sense

If you look at it the right way, the threat of being sacked could be the nudge you need to go and find something else to have a go at for a while and see how it goes. No-one wants to employ someone who has been sacked for being off too long, so get on it!