Time off after having my wisdom teeth out: annual leave or sick leave?

Just had an impacted wisdom tooth taken out at the emergency dentist, a very reasonable price too....£16.20!

I wont be taking 5 days off as your dentist seems to be scaremongering you into, I shall be back at work tomorrow. Then again I don't know the severity of the case or more importantly qualified in dentistry.

May or may not have just dribbled on the keyboard as i type this, injection hasn't quite worn off yet! :P
 
Gilly said:
Sigh.

You wouldn't be able to get away with that in our company.
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Well it's down to my discretion ultimately, it helps being the head of the department ;) :D

Though I have to be fair and even handed of course - but all I ask is for people not to try and pull a fast one or take the #### :)
 
Freefaller said:
Well it's down to my discretion ultimately, it helps being the head of the department ;) :D

Though I have to be fair and even handed of course - but all I ask is for people not to try and pull a fast one or take the #### :)
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Even then.

If I was head of operations I couldn't force someone to do that.

Gilbretto said:
In my company;

Doctors note = sick pay.

Why would it be anything else!?
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Look up statutory sick pay. In addition I believe I now qualified for ~40 weeks paid sick this year.
 
To be fair to my staff (who are waged, and not salaried) they're rather be paid, so tend to give me plenty of notice and seldom take the mickey. I've only got 1 person on a yellow card, so they don't get paid for being off, apart from SSP.
 
I had a wisdom tooth out after work and was in work the next day.

But that was just one and we had some busy deadlines to meet.

Having two extracted won't be fun so I would definitely say sick leave, though you may not need all 5 days.

Cheers,

Nigel
 
I had a wisdom tooth out that was absessed and needed 4 locals before it was painless, still took an hour of pulling to come out though. Woke up the next morning with a fever and sick. Ended up with 2 weeks off on antibiotics. I guess everyone will have a different experience.
It also depends what your job is as to how soon you can return to work. I would have been back sooner if it was a desk job, but its a pretty physical labour job so doctor wanted to give my body time to fight the infection properly. Also, remember you shouldn't do anything like lifting etc after having a tooth out (like in 24hrs)
I went back to work same day once and it just made my gum bleed for even longer.
Good luck with that pesky teeth SiD!
 
Ultimately if the doctor says you are not fit to work after an operation then that would be classed as sick leave there is nothing stopping you from taking it as holiday but you would be legally entitled to sick leave(holidays might be better for you if you dont get full pay for sick leave). The other point to make is if your doctor declares you not fit for work your employers insurance will not cover you, and in this circumstance I believe it could potentially be illegal for you to work. Depending on the work you do as well if a mistake could be costly or dangerous then IMO it would be better for your employer not to take the risk.
 
siclilmonkey said:
i had all 4 out a few months ago i had 2 weeks off on sick but i had to supply work with a docs note

edit // the doc gave me Solpadol (sp?) for a pain killer and i was unable to work due to the side affects (light headedness and drowsiness)
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I just started to use these due to some complications with my cervical spine, vertabrae 2 & 3 are fusing and it's caused about 6 years worth of pain, discomfort, it's chronic. It's only now I said I had enough and had something done about it, had an x-ray yesterday and find out what's going on after all this time.

Problem is, it's live with the pain or feel drousy like I am now, it's almost like i'm on a high. Im quite rational and logical. I don't drink I don't smoke. But I can see why people get hooked on these.

This is my GP's solution to the pain, taking what you did for 2 weeks, for an indefinate amount of time. I'm keeping myself off the road, can't drive like this.
 
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