How does your employer deal with sick leave?
woofwoof77
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I was just wondering if any other employers were as strict as mine.
Ive had 3 weeks off sick ,my 1st sick absence in at least a year.
i have a sick note from the doc to cover me.
Can my employer 'challenge' my sick note? Like say ' I don't believe you needed this amount of time off for this condition'
Or do they have to accept my sick note? Im just a worrier really.
When i go back i will prob get a stage 1 warning, there are 3 stages. Ok i know you have to sort out the pss takers but for people that are genuinly sick i just think its wrong. Most people cant help being sick.And esp with flu- would the employer rather me be at work spreading my germs so others get it and are off sick? Iwill prob have loads of forms to fill in etc....
is it like this at every employer?
i very rarely go sick, even if i get a cold/tonsilitis etc....i have still gone in but this time i was quite sick
Ive had 3 weeks off sick ,my 1st sick absence in at least a year.
i have a sick note from the doc to cover me.
Can my employer 'challenge' my sick note? Like say ' I don't believe you needed this amount of time off for this condition'
Or do they have to accept my sick note? Im just a worrier really.
When i go back i will prob get a stage 1 warning, there are 3 stages. Ok i know you have to sort out the pss takers but for people that are genuinly sick i just think its wrong. Most people cant help being sick.And esp with flu- would the employer rather me be at work spreading my germs so others get it and are off sick? Iwill prob have loads of forms to fill in etc....
is it like this at every employer?
i very rarely go sick, even if i get a cold/tonsilitis etc....i have still gone in but this time i was quite sick
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Are you sure you weren't just swinging the Norolead?
We can only help you if you're truly honest with us
You can still face disciplinary sick note or not, if you have breached policy. Happened to people in my last job. Instances of sick can render you unsuitable for the job regardless of doctors notes.
My new boss is great. There is only us 2 and he knows I would never take the mick.
The staging is ridiculous if its not implemented correctly!
I've challenged it and hope to get that changed this year.
Of one inverterate lead swinger it has been worked out of his 25 years in the job 6 of those years have been spent "on the sick".
As long as you follow procedure out don't get in trouble. Fail to ring in you get a warning. Taking a lot of time off they review if you are up to the job
As is my boss, she know I have heart problems, and most times I dont feel well, exhausted, fatigued, and tired, but I make an effort to get into work
If how ever I phone in sick, normal sick rules dont apply to me, for a short period, then after this short period, I have to get a return to work interview, with counselling
So me and my manager we try to work thing s out, unlike the tax credit office, who have decided to remove my tax credits
If you have this, you might aswell go into work, and give it to your boss, but you would proabably get into trouble for that, but if your employer take a diom view of sick leave...what are you suppose to do
I'm a contractor so don't get paid sick leave, hence I will always "work from home" when I'm crocked.
That's the same as our place. Some people at my work moan about it but I think it's pretty fair...and I've both self certified for a day (sickness bug) and was signed off by my GP (depression & anxiety). Both times I've never had any issue and they've been supportive.
Doesn't your employers' policy state what happens? Sometimes they say that they might e.g. refer you for a independent medical report if you are regularly ill. I would say it would be irregular for an employer just to disbelieve a doctor's note.
She's not a contractor. She's a full time employee.
Dont see why she gets away with "WFH" when she's sick when everyone else actually IS off sick. If they did an audit, she'd be the healthiest one in the office (even though she's the sickest of us all!)
Trust me. That will change this year
Just do the same.
We cant.
Shes the only one with a works laptop. :mad:
(Dont get me started on why she's the only one....she just is)
This. Unless you're handing in a sick note or work that needs completing by someone else, we aren't supposed to be anywhere on site if signed off. To be honest when I was signed off/ill it was the last place on earth I wanted to be!
The system is press button on your telephone keypad & half the time it doesn't work properly.
I've had phone calls both at home & at work, where I've had to keep 'ringing' the system to open & close my absence records.
(Even did the one at work on loudspeaker with my colleagues witnessing, & it still didn't work properly!)
I take it you are inferring that she doesn't actually work and its not just jealousy?
I have a laptop I can connect to my work network from home and it is really handy if I am feeling ill. I can work on the sofa under a duvet and keep my illness record clear.
We aren't even allowed to enter the building!
Around 10 years ago one of my colleagues received £25,000 in compensation from the firm I worked with after he suffered from Orchitis.
The unions/lawyers/medics identified that it was "highly likely" that it was as a consequence of another colleague who was suffering from measles(?) being instructed to come into work to do a hand over despite the sick-note and well-known risk.
I think a lot of staff in various organisations now, fundamentally misunderstand the draconian sick leave policies. It's not that the employer doubts your sickness, it's that the sickness itself is no longer tolerated ~ ie: by going sick for more days than your company trigger point allows, you are no longer deemed to be a fully effective worker.
Try telling the DWP that for those trying to claim ESA!