employee rights with broken leg
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Soldato
Pull the other one..
Soldato
Yes.
Depends a lot on the contract - if you just started a temp to perm position for instance and then off for weeks with a broken leg they'll likely not keep you. If you've been working somewhere for awhile and have some experience at the job unlikely they'd be in a hurry to get rid of you and sickness can give some rights when it comes to a tribunal but ultimately unless you've been there more than 2 years as above you might not have a leg to stand on.
Soldato
That's what crutches are for (depends on your job a bit).
I broke my ankle in a kerb incident (plaster only to knee), but I had a wooden sole plate made up and worked as an engineer on a building site, kept wearing out the casts though.
I broke my ankle in a kerb incident (plaster only to knee), but I had a wooden sole plate made up and worked as an engineer on a building site, kept wearing out the casts though.
Caporegime
Can you not do your job with a broken leg? Can you work from home?
Just ask them then. Find out if there's something different you can do while you're disabled and what the likelihood is of losing your job if they don't have anything else for you to do.
The amount of people that don't just go talk to the boss and worry about this kind of stuff, especially when your job is potentially at risk, is amazing. The boss is still a normal person you know.
If you don't have any trust in the boss or if there's any doubt, then see here: https://www.gov.uk/if-you-become-disabled/if-youre-in-employment-and-become-disabled. Contact citizens advice etc.
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I suspect that if you are still in a probationary period they would be able to tell you to hop it.
On a serious note, you might want to ask in careers and professional development sub thread from general discussion:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forums/careers-and-professional-development.166/
On a serious note, you might want to ask in careers and professional development sub thread from general discussion:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forums/careers-and-professional-development.166/
If you've worked for an employer for under 2 years, irrespective of probationary period or otherwise, then they can get rid of you at any time. Unless it falls under a discriminatory group (which I don't think this does) then you're at the mercy of your employer being nice.
Associate
guys OP has been pulling our leg!
Soldato
Great first post 
Check your employee handbook, of which you should have been given a copy when you first started!
Check your employee handbook, of which you should have been given a copy when you first started!
Associate
What job do you do?
Professional dance partner.
Associate
I was thinking Marathon runner.