Long term sickness

CharlieAlbert

CharlieAlbert

CharlieAlbert

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What are your experiences of this with work? Ive been off a month thus far.
I know I won't get disciplined as it was a work based accident and i'll sue their bums if they try and they know it.

Have you been disciplined due to sickness? Even fired? Or did work not even mind because they understand? (HA!)

I just received an email saying people think I'm back on Monday, though my first sick note hasn't even come to an end yet.

Also have you ever had to deal with work whilst you're clearly too ill to help?
 
I was given an "unofficial" disciplinary for having "a high sickness record" when I was still on part-time hours (was only 1 day a week for about 7 months then upped to 2 days for a few months as well). Our policy states that no sickness should reach above 5%, and our branch target is that as well. Our branch average was around 1.8%, mine was 2.5%, and I get warnings for that. Literally had like 3 days off the entire year due to sickness, dippy morons...

One of my current colleagues has had a lot of time off recently due to ill health (resulted from a work accident) and they have had a few words with him that I know of, but nothing has gone further than that...
 
Surely if it's work related and their fault they will be compensating you anyway?

A friend of mine fell about 25 feet onto his back when staging at work collapsed, they had the cheek to send a company representative round to say he was playing it as more painfull than it was.

For starters they shouldn't even be bugging you when you are signed off.
 
bJN said:
I was given an "unofficial" disciplinary for having "a high sickness record" when I was still on part-time hours (was only 1 day a week for about 7 months then upped to 2 days for a few months as well). Our policy states that no sickness should reach above 5%, and our branch target is that as well. Our branch average was around 1.8%, mine was 2.5%, and I get warnings for that. Literally had like 3 days off the entire year due to sickness, dippy morons...

One of my current colleagues has had a lot of time off recently due to ill health (resulted from a work accident) and they have had a few words with him that I know of, but nothing has gone further than that...
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What does the company you work for do?
I think we are targeted on sickness but myself and two others have been off a lot in a twelve month period so i doubt we're under.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Surely if it's work related and their fault they will be compensating you anyway?

A friend of mine fell about 25 feet onto his back when staging at work collapsed, they had the cheek to send a company representative round to say he was playing it as more painfull than it was.

For starters they shouldn't even be bugging you when you are signed off.
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No i've had compensation, i think they think not firing me is enough.

I ask about the contact thing because i received numerous calls asking me about things customer related basically saying complaints have been made against me - and they got the wrong person!!!
 
I was off work 9 months due to knee dislocation & operation - Still had full holiday to take when i got back to work so used that up 12 weeks part time and then back to full time. Moved department and all okay.

No disciplinary though

Only ever time I've had a disciplinary was when my ex department manager didn't sign my holiday form for a week that i asked off so had to take it unpaid and then had it on my record for 6 moths.

Doc note 100% owns anything an employer does. They cant do anything from my exp anyway
 
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No i'm not in a union :/

I hurt my knee - we're not completely sure what i did tbh but i tore my acl and ive just had it reconstructed. During my recovery my hamstring has been torn etc so it's really effected my life.

Its a long long story tbh it does get nitty gritty as it was during a charity event where i raised thousands of pounds and then got hurt due to poor management. To put you more in the picture, two people dislocated their arms too.
 
Sounds like carnage but it also sounds like it might be a bit of a mess from a legal point of view - would it be considered "work"?
 
You have only been sick once. You have a sick note from the doctor. I would not worry. People love to spread rumours. Unless you tell management when you are coming back, then it is not official.
 
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